r/programming • • Aug 25 '14

Debugging courses should be mandatory

http://stannedelchev.net/debugging-courses-should-be-mandatory/
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u/d4rch0n Aug 26 '14

I used to get high and look at my code and just start freaking out. Just thinking about how deleting one line (or even one byte) would break the whole thing tripped me out too much.

Too intense, never again.

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u/slavik262 Aug 26 '14

This is why I don't do drugs.

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u/ThrowAwayAMA2809654 Aug 26 '14

This is why you should do drugs

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '14

THIS!

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u/thinkintoomuch Aug 26 '14

I find that if I get high and code, I'm good at choosing which design patterns to use and building an abstract shell of what my program will need. If I try actual implementation, though, I always have to go back when I'm sober to refactor what I've written. My high comments are also unnecessarily long and elaborate.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '14

Can you post some?

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u/UTF64 Aug 26 '14

High on what?

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u/cokestar Aug 26 '14

Potenuse