2026-03-31 08:57 UTC
This gem stays evergreen.
> Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
-- Brian Kernighan
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@pmmeurcatpics@ieji.de 2026-03-31 09:09
@oli skill issue, omw to write generic/trait object/async-aware debugger (I will _not_ be able to debug it)
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@rozeboosje@masto.ai 2026-03-31 11:19
@oli Or: regardless of how cleverly you write your code, it will take you twice as long to debug it than it did to write it. Gross underestimate, in my experience.