1. inspect, don't squash try to fix the bug (crossed out, bad) understand what happened (check marks, good) 2. being stuck is temporary person (thinking): I WILL NEVER FIGURE THIS OUT ... 2 minutes later... person (thinking): wait, I haven't tried X... 3. trust nobody and nothing person (thinking): "this library can't be buggy... or CAN IT???" arrow pointing to person says: "slowly growing horror" 4. it's probably your code person (thinking): "I KNOW my code is right!" ... 2 hours later ... person (thinking): "ugh, my code WAS the problem!" 5. don't go it alone person: "hey, have you seen this problem before?" 6. there's always a reason computers are always logical, even when it doesn't feel that way 7. build your toolkit person (thinking): wow, the CSS inspector makes debugging SO MUCH EASIER 8. it can be an adventure person (thinking): you wouldn't BELIEVE the weird bug I found... by Julia Evans (@b0rk) and Marie Claire LeBlanc Flanagan (@omarieclaire) more like this at https://wizardzines.com
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