You ever fix something and have no idea what you did that actually fixed the problem? (lemmy.world)

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Usually its something computer related and every time it happens, something about fixing something without knowing why it works now bothers me almost as much as never fixing whatever it is.

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[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

This is something I'm struggling to teach a couple of the junior devs on my team - a PR that "fixes the problem but I don't know why" doesn't fix the problem

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