A few days ago, I faced a tough bug in my code. I spent hours reading every line, trying to figure out the cause of the inconsistent behavior. It was one of those "randomly reproducible" bugs ā the hardest to fix. The first challenge is always finding a consistent way to reproduce it.
As time passed, my brain stopped working analytically. Frustration grew, and emotions started driving my actions.
In the past, I would have stubbornly stayed glued to my machine, trying to find my way out of the code labyrinth I had created.
The symptoms of this irrational behavior are always the same. I start adding random console logs, commenting and uncommenting lines of code without any real reason. And, of course, my variable names would slowly get more... offensive.
A less experienced me would have kept degrading the code until bedtime.
But this time, I knew better. I recognized where I was heading, so I asked my partner for help. And I knew she'd give me the right advice.
Her answer was simple: "Take a break, go home, rest, and tackle it again tomorrow."
No brainer. I took her advice. The next morning, within five minutes of sitting down at my workstation, I figured out the reason behind the buggy behavior and fixed it immediately.
š Hail to breaks and the wisdom of listening to those who know better.
(Pro tip: Never choose offensive names for your variables. They will end up in the production code, guaranteed.)
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