Debugging at 3 AM

#debugging #relatable

The Eternal Struggle

You know that feeling when you’ve been debugging for hours and it turns out to be a missing semicolon?

Yeah. We’ve all been there.

The Debug Journey

  1. Hour 1: “This should be an easy fix”
  2. Hour 2: “Maybe I need to refactor everything”
  3. Hour 3: “Is this even possible?”
  4. Hour 4: finds semicolon 😭

The Stages of Debug Grief

  • Denial: “The code is fine, it’s probably the compiler”
  • Anger: aggressively types print statements
  • Bargaining: “I’ll never write bad code again if this works”
  • Depression: “Maybe I should become a farmer”
  • Acceptance: “Oh, it’s just a semicolon”

More memes coming soon! Stay debugging, friends.

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