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Heisenbug (wikipedia.org)
6 points by matthewsinclair 7 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


An old axiom of philosophy is: same Action, same Circumstances, same Result.

Remembering this has helped me solve many bugs in my career... especially when the code that is part of the Action isn't idempotent and changes the Circumstances after the initial attempt at replication.




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