Things That Broke and What They Taught Me
Things That Broke and What They Taught Me (Besides Humility) If you’ve ever stared at an error message and thought, “I have absolutely no idea what’s happening,” congratulations: you are officially a programmer. In this post, I’m sharing a few of my favorite “learning moments” — which is a nicer way of saying “times when everything broke and I had to figure out why.” These aren’t epic system crashes or million-dollar bugs (yet, thankfully). They’re the small, annoying, sometimes hilarious hiccups that taught me a lot more than things going right ever could. ...