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@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

2026-07-28 07:22 UTC

@foone@digipres.club Observe bug.Fix bug.Spend a while wondering why the fix isn’t working.Try a different fix.Spend longer wondering why that fix isn’t working either.Add some extra logging statements.Wonder why the logs aren’t showing up.Slowly realise that you have not been testing any of the versions that include the changes. Not that I would ever do this, of course.

Replies (10)

  • @dch@bsd.network 2026-07-28 08:34

    @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @foone@digipres.club I would also like to confirm that I too have never done this. In particular last week I did not do this.

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  • @DJGummikuh@mastodon.social 2026-07-28 07:31

    @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @foone@digipres.club I TOTALLY don't feel seen by this 😶‍🌫️

    Open ##4697405

  • @icing@chaos.social 2026-07-28 07:35

    @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @foone@digipres.club Yeah, I have the T-shirt.😌 Good practice is to always change/add log statements and check they show up. Especially when you make a patch for someone to test on their own system.

    Open ##4697406

  • @BenAveling@infosec.exchange 2026-07-28 07:35

    Been there, done that. One of my standard recommendations is: make sure you can make a change and see the effect - even if that change& effect is to make things even more broken. You just want to prove that the tool chain is working. @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @foone@digipres.club

    Open ##4697408

  • @bjn@mstdn.social 2026-07-28 07:40

    @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @foone@digipres.club I’ve done that more times than I care to remember.

    Open ##4697409

  • @mavu@mastodon.social 2026-07-28 08:38

    @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @foone@digipres.club yes, i too, erhm.. have friends that happened to.

    Open ##4697415

  • @Lapizistik@social.tchncs.de 2026-07-28 09:33

    @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @foone@digipres.club I would never ever do this for let's say six hours. And then asking a second person for help, starting to explain: “so this is… oh, wait!” The title of my talk is: “How I spent a whole day when my rubber duck was on holiday”

    Open ##4697420

  • @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @foone@digipres.club Recent I is on that post and doesn't like it

    Open ##4697422

  • @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange Made me think of this old YouTube video https://youtu.be/0SM6t4F4CdY

    Open ##4697423

  • @LittleFrank@mas.to 2026-08-06 16:43

    @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @foone@digipres.club My usual m.o. is to not realise that the program has created a new empty database file on a completely different path, then I wonder why it can't find any of my records.

    Open ##4697425