"Why My Codes Works Only After I Threaten it"

The Developer's Guide to Debugging "

Welcome back, caffeine crusaders! ☕💻 Today, we’re tackling one of the most mystifying aspects of programming: how sometimes, your code just works after a little "tough love"… or, you know, after yelling at your screen in frustration.

 The Art of "Code Threatening"

Every developer has been there. You write the perfect function, hit run, and… nothing. Zero. Nada. Bugs everywhere. You sit there, staring at the screen, wondering why your life choices led to this moment. So, what do you do? Naturally, you say to the code, "If you don’t work, I’ll rewrite you from scratch!" And suddenly... it works.

Coincidence? Maybe. But I’m convinced there’s some unwritten rule in the universe that code starts behaving the moment it senses fear in the air. 😤

Debugging: It's Not You, It's Your Code

You’re not alone in this. There’s a reason entire debugging memes exist, and it's because every developer has felt like they’re in a toxic relationship with their code. One moment, it’s your best friend. The next, it’s gaslighting you into thinking you missed a semicolon (even though you didn’t!).

Here’s a list of the real reasons your code decides to work only when you’ve completely given up hope:

1. The "Rubber Duck" Effect🦆

    You start explaining your problem out loud maybe to a colleague, maybe to your dog, or maybe to the air and boom! The bug reveals itself. The simple act of talking to an inanimate object (or a very patient friend) somehow makes the issue clear.

2. The Classic ‘Turn It Off and On Again’ 🔄

   Yes, this works for code too. Closing and reopening your IDE, re-running the program, or sacrificing a goat to the programming gods (optional but effective) often does the trick.

3. The "I Don’t Care Anymore" Fix 🤷♂️

    After hours of frustration, you finally throw in the towel and think, “I’ll deal with it tomorrow.” But as soon as you let go, your code magically starts working. It's as if it needed you to not care to prove a point.

4. Random Commenting and Uncommenting 📝

   When all else fails, start commenting random lines out and then back in. This classic debugging technique has no scientific basis but inexplicably works… just like magic.

5. The Code Fairy 🧚♂️

   Sometimes, after you’ve given up and gone to bed, a mystical force visits your repo in the middle of the night and fixes all the bugs you couldn’t. Or maybe you were just too tired to notice that missing bracket. Either way, problem solved!

 Debugging Horror Stories

 Like that time I forgot a single comma in a JSON file and spent three hours searching for the issue. 💀

 Or the moment I realized I had named two variables the same thing, but one was uppercase, and one was lowercase. Yep, welcome to JavaScript land.

When in Doubt, Coffee It Out ☕

When the debugging process feels endless, there's one constant companion to rely on: coffee. Just when you feel like throwing in the towel, the caffeine kicks in, and suddenly, you have the strength to fight another battle with your unruly code.

So the next time your code refuses to work, remember: you’re not crazy, you’re just a developer. And sometimes, threatening to rewrite your code from scratch is exactly what it needs.

Keep coding, keep sipping, and may your bugs always be squashed swiftly!

Until next time, 

Samuel Damilola

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