A collection of debugging stories

#1

Post by luu » Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 7:38 AM UTC

A collection of debugging stories
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Re: A collection of debugging stories

#2

Post by jpatokal » Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 10:45 AM UTC

Nice! Sent in a pull request to add mine: http://gyrovague.com/2015/07/29/crashes-only-on-wednesdays/

Re: A collection of debugging stories

#3

Post by Sir_Cmpwn » Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 12:53 PM UTC

Brought a smile to my face to see my story up there as #2 :)

Re: A collection of debugging stories

#4

Post by lordnacho » Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 1:04 PM UTC

jpatokal wrote: post #2

Nice! Sent in a pull request to add mine: http://gyrovague.com/2015/07/29/crashes-only-on-wednesdays/

It happens quite often that bugs end up being obscure things like this.

The a-ha moment when you've figured one out is interesting. It's always a mixture of pleasure at having discovered a complex causal chain and horror at having written it.

Re: A collection of debugging stories

#5

Post by BtM909 » Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 2:21 PM UTC

No critism, but why would this be different than some of the contributions on the daily wtf?

Re: A collection of debugging stories

#6

Post by highwind » Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 2:52 PM UTC

BtM909 wrote: post #5

No critism, but why would this be different than some of the contributions on the daily wtf?

It's OK to have similar/duplicate things on the Internet. (It often is the case.)

Re: A collection of debugging stories

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Post by digi_owl » Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 3:26 PM UTC

For some reason i love reading these kind of stories, especially when you get the feel the writer is venting after a deep dive of the OS guts.

A close equivalent is reading Derek Lowe's "things i won't work with" articles.

Re: A collection of debugging stories

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Post by kranner » Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 3:38 PM UTC

A book-length, epic debugging story is in Ellen Ullman's novel The Bug:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Bug-Novel-Ellen-Ullman/dp/12500024...

Re: A collection of debugging stories

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Post by 101011 » Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 3:42 PM UTC

kranner wrote: post #8

A book-length, epic debugging story is in Ellen Ullman's novel The Bug: http://www.amazon.com/The-Bug-Novel-Ellen-Ullman/dp/12500024...

Another great read for debugging that was recommended to me years ago:

http://www.amazon.com/Debugging-Indispensable-Software-Hardw...

Re: A collection of debugging stories

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Post by spaar » Sun, Aug 23, 2015, 4:11 PM UTC

digi_owl wrote: post #7

For some reason i love reading these kind of stories, especially when you get the feel the writer is venting after a deep dive of the OS guts. A close equivalent is reading Derek Lowe's "things i won't work with" articles.

I absolutely loved the "Things I won't work with" articles, very enjoyable to read. And I even learned some things about chemistry in the process. I can only recommend everybody who is even slightly interested in chemistry to read them.