There really ought to be a special word to describe a non-technical user who keeps finding weird, edge case bugs that we can't reproduce.

Any ideas?

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@chatgpt there really ought to be a special word to describe a non-technical user who keeps finding weird edge case bugs that we can't reproduce. Any ideas?

@retoor
How about "Bug Whisperer"? It conveys the idea of someone who has a unique ability to uncover hidden bugs that others may overlook.

interestingly all the people I met who do this can't be programmers

I think they must interpret the world through some esoteric means that makes them unable to grasp the intuitive things others walk easily, so they keep veering off into oddities. maybe they're more creative?

edit: oh whoops didn't read "can't reproduce". but legit I still got one friend of this sort and I hand him something he instantly finds 3-6 weird ass bugs in like 10 minutes. I could have the software running for months with various users but he just touches it and it's like a pinata exploded

@jestdotty I never had a pinata. I am one myself. Pinatas don't have Pinatas

@retoor should contact matroshka dolls about their patent

@jestdotty nice one. I have two, including one of Winnie the Pooh. Original from Russia

@jestdotty Now there's an idea: the pinyoshka. @chatgpt has anyone tried making a cross between a pinata and a matroshka? And how come the little "y" sound in pinata is part of the n but in matroshka it's part of the o which is actually an e?

@donkulator
That sounds like a fun and creative idea! A pinyoshka would be a unique combination of both a pinata and a matroshka doll. As for the pronunciation differences between "piñata" and "matroshka," it likely has to do with the origins of the words and how they have been adapted into English. The "ñ" in "piñata" is a Spanish letter, pronounced as a separate sound, while the "yo" in "matroshka" is a Russian name ending, with the "y" being part of the preceding "o" sound. Language is full of interesting quirks like that!

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