[kaashif]

"The race condition snapped like a steel spring."

I like the idea of the story, and cool ideas can be engrossing on their own.

But well written this ain't.

[skeledrew]

I thought nothing more of that quote beyond that a fault which had been lurking in the code suddenly reared its head and struck... and like a steel spring that's stretched to it's limit and then released, nobody wants to be in the way. That's a very visual and tangible quote, and so well written.