TALES OF A CODING FACTORY | SHORTS
Leave The Bug Alone
Sometimes it’s the best option
Seriously. Leave the bug alone. If two more will be created by fixing this thing, it’s better to leave it as is. <insert “change my mind” meme here>
But no. At the coding factory, resolving bugs and creating more was constant. It seemed the software developers felt pleasure in doing so. And to be precise, when I say “the software developers”, I include myself big time.
Days and weeks would go by without delivering the application. The budget was running out.
The. Pressure. Was. ON.
A “light bulb moment”
One day at the office, at around 8 pm. I was already packing my stuff to go home (finally). There was a meeting to discuss the pending errors and decide the subsequent actions.
One of the engineers had this “brilliant idea” (imagine the sound of clearing my throat). He went to the middle of the coding factory and shouted,
— The time is now, guys. It’s now or never.
Everyone looked at him, not all clear of what he was talking about. But suspecting.
The developer continued,
