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The Five Stages of Debugging (A Developer’s Emotional Breakdown)

Stage 1: Denial – "It’s Not My Code." You run your program, expecting perfection. Instead, you get errors—tons of them. "That’s weird," you mutter. "It was working yesterday." Then, the classic thought: “Maybe it’s a system issue. Yeah, definitely not my code.” So you restart your IDE, your computer, maybe even your entire career—because obviously, the problem can’t be you.

Mar 5, 2025 - 22:47
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The Five Stages of Debugging (A Developer’s Emotional Breakdown)

Stage 1: Denial – "It’s Not My Code."

You run your program, expecting perfection. Instead, you get errors—tons of them.

"That’s weird," you mutter. "It was working yesterday."
Then, the classic thought: “Maybe it’s a system issue. Yeah, definitely not my code.”

So you restart your IDE, your computer, maybe even your entire career—because obviously, the problem can’t be you.

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