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JSON Baumgartner

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My favorite software bug is definitely "off by one" errors (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-by-on). They are so insidious at times. They're often overlooked and the issues they cause aren't always immediately apparent. Debugging them can be a royal pain in the ass.

1:27 AM · May 14, 2020Twitter Web App

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Entire days of my life have been spent debugging off by one errors

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Amen brother. I feel you.

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Me three ... 😏😏

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There are three types of people. Those that understand binary and those that make off by one errors.

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Tim Schatto-Eckrodt

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Relevant Geek and Poke comic.

Comic strip titled “good coders”. Panel 1, two figured sit in front of a computer, one says “ok, we’ve changed ‘>’ to ‘>=‘. But that doesn’t work either. And now?”. Panel 2, both sit in silence. Panel 3, the other says “Let’s try ‘<‘.”. Subtitle of the strip: “… know what they are doing”

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