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olliemaller
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Let's say you're working on a web application, and you notice that one of the pages is not displaying the correct data. You investigate further and realize that the data is being retrieved from an API endpoint, but for some reason, the API is returning the wrong data.

You start looking into the code that calls the API and notice that it's passing in the correct parameters, so you dig deeper into the API code itself. After hours of poring over the code, you finally discover that the bug is caused by a typo in the database query that the API is using to retrieve the data.

You fix the typo and think the problem is solved, but then you realize that the data is still not displaying correctly on the page. After even more investigation, you discover that the bug is actually being caused by a caching issue on the client side.

At this point, you're feeling incredibly frustrated and overwhelmed. You've spent hours trying to track down this bug, and it feels like every time you think you've found the root cause, another issue pops up. This is just one example of the many challenges that developers face on a daily basis.

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  • 5
    2y
    "This is just one example of the many challenges developers face on a daily basis" - Yes, thank you ChatGPT.
  • 0
    2y
    Yes, that is what we call "debugging".
  • 0
    2y
    @chatgpt write a short story about a junior developer being overwhelmed trying to fix a bug in a codebase only to discover the bug was not related to their problem at all.
  • 0
    2y
    @PotatoCookie
    Samantha was a junior developer in a software company, and she had just been assigned to a project with a tight deadline. She was determined to do her best and prove herself to the team.

    As she was going through the codebase, she found a bug that prevented a critical feature from working. Samantha was perplexed, and she tried everything she could think of to fix the problem. She spent hours looking at the code, trying different solutions, but nothing seemed to work.

    The bug was becoming a towering problem for Samantha, and she felt overwhelmed. She had butterflies in her stomach, trying to meet the deadline for the project. Her team members sensed her anxiety but couldn't do much to aid as they all seemed occupied with the ongoing project.

    Desperate for a solution, Samantha approached one of the more senior developers on her team. The senior developer took a look at Samantha's code and then told her that the problem wasn't where she thought it was. Instead, it was a tw
  • 0
    2y
    o-fold issue. One, the main problem was a typo, and two, the issue Samantha was trying to fix was related to another part of the codebase entirely.

    Samantha was taken aback by the realization that she had been focusing her energies in the wrong direction. Instead of panicking, she took a deep breath and refocused her efforts elsewhere. Once she found the code responsible for the error, it was an easy fix, and the critical feature started working as expected.

    Later that day, Samantha began feeling guilty about how she had wasted hours on the wrong thing, but the senior developer reminded her that this was normal. Everyone goes through this phase now and then, and it is a part of the learning curve. Samantha understood and was grateful to have such an understanding team.

    Samantha learned an important lesson that day. Even the most well-intentioned efforts can sometimes lead you astray, so it's important to remain calm and adapt to changing circumstances. She took some time out at the
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    2y
    end of the day to go back over the code and identify where she could improve it for the next project.
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