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Re:A single line of code cost $8000 by alias_neo on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:04AM (#43832831)
When I work on my own code, at home, with no-one to assist or review, I write tests, and open a PR anyway, and review it myself, sometimes the next day with fresh eyes, or even 10 minutes later after a quick walk in and out of the room and a glass of water.

If you're not confident you can review a piece of code you wrote and spot a potentially disastrous bug like the one in OP, write more tests.

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Re:A single line of code cost $8000 by zarzavat on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @01:00PM (#43835211)
Humans are very good at not spotting their own mistakes, that's why writers have editors.
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Re:A single line of code cost $8000 by rs186 on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @05:21PM (#43838173)
These days you can dump your code/diff to ChatGPT and ask it to criticize. Often most of it is junk -- irrelevant or incorrect suggestions. But the 1 in 10 suggestions is actually useful and correct, which can be immensely helpful.
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