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a lot of wisdom in this image @b0rk/1570060516839641092Permalink Look on archive.org
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#4 is the one i'm worst at, i think. i don't have patience to wait for an async answer & by the time i'm stuck i'm normally so deep in a Very Specific Situation i don't know anyone who's likely to have cluesPermalink Look on archive.org
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(unless you count "reading around the problem" which i do do a lot of)Look on archive.org
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the thing this gets at, which i think is crucial but so rarely talked about, is the idea that nothing is certain, but that, as you understand the bug more, certain things become more or less likely to be the problem.Permalink Look on archive.org
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you get stuck when nothing seems like it could possibly be the cause. but anything could be the cause - it's just that some causes are much less likely than others.Permalink Look on archive.org