It’s Time for ‘Maximum Viable Product’

Re:It’s Time for ‘Maximum Viable Product’ by bruce511 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @01:13AM (#33851127)

I quite like fixing bugs. It's a different mental challenge to truly understand what is going wrong, often something that's really subtle.

While individual fixes are often unnoticed, the overall effect is profound. Users are happier, support staff are more confident, and programmers are able to build the next layer on a firm foundation.

I agree bug fixing my code is more enjoyable to bug fixing other people's code, and I agree that most programmers resist the former and hate the latter.

But for me, bug-fixing foreign code, is one of the truest tests of skill.

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Re:It’s Time for ‘Maximum Viable Product’ by squeaky-clean on Sunday December 04, 2022 @04:09AM (#33851929)

I love bug-fixing other people's code for some reason. I often get nerd-sniped by another team in our slack talking about some bug they've encountered in their project(s). I kind of wish that could be my full-time job. I suppose that's what some fields of consulting are.

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