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Wes 🇵🇸
@weskerfoot
This is why I like electronics, you can usually trust a datasheet, especially if it's something a lot of people use, whereas software documentation is usually almost useless
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🔎Julia Evans🔍
@b0rk
debugging strategy: verify things people tell you
strategy: verify things people tell you Sometimes the documentation or what people tell you conflicts with what you're actually seeing: illustration: very experienced person: "if you do X, Y will happen!" reality: <does X> <Z happens instead> When this happens, there are 2 options: 1. you made a mistake somewhere (95% of the time) 2. the information was wrong / outdated (5% of the time) Verifying is important because outdated information can waste a LOT of your time if you assume it's true
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