#023 - Squash bugs

Daniel L

Aug 16, 2024 — 1 min read

Sometimes it takes hours, if not days to find a bug in a codebase. It starts with the recognition that something is wrong or not working as expected. A moment of panic creeps in, but I quickly realize nobody cares and no money is on the line with this project. Nobody will even experience any bugs because it doesn't exist outside of my computer. Whether it's a large scale banking application with hundreds of thousands of users or a simple guessing game that runs locally on my computer, nothing beats the dopamine hit I get when a bug it finally found and solved. No matter how big or small, it feels great to solve problems. It means that progress is being made.

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Finished setting up a temporary database. For now it will just have EPL teams.

Found and fixed an off by one error

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#053 - When to push on someone

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#053 - When to push on someone