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Spent 8 hours debugging a missing semicolon last night
Was it actually a learning moment or just a huge waste of time? I keep going back and forth on whether deep dives like that build real skills or just burnout.
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the_leo1mo ago
Friend of mine blew a whole evening once... @murray.cora knows that pain too well.
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murray.cora1mo ago
Four hours on one semicolon? Ouch." That's rough, but honestly, that kind of hunt sticks with you. Next time you'll check line endings before you even start guessing. I keep a "dumb mistakes" list and just copy the error message straight into it. Saves time when the same thing shows up again.
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logan5251mo ago
And that "dumb mistakes list" is the real gold here, I've started doing the same thing and it turns those painful hours into cheat codes for next time. It's like the pain of the hunt finally pays off when you catch the same bug in two minutes flat six months later.
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