foone, 1 month ago

I think this might actually be an instance of one of my favorite kinds of bugs:

race conditions that only occur if you're automating something

foone, 1 month ago

there's a surprising number of programs that work just fine because the fact that humans are not super-fast and accurate means that there's delays between clicking buttons and typing things and such

foone, 1 month ago

but I can't prove it yet. thus, the logging.

onelson, 1 month ago

@foone I used to say, "the only software that works is the software you never use."

jamesholden, 1 month ago

@foone One of the test automation QA engineers at work once told me that most of her job was inserting delays so the tests work properly.

foone, 1 month ago

@jamesholden yep. That happens so often.
time.sleep(0.1) everywhere

purp, 1 month ago

@foone or maybe my fave, things that don’t break when debugging is enabled?

18+ LinuxAndYarn, 1 month ago

@foone Reminds me of Ellen Ullman's novel "The Bug" where a crash was happening intermittently but was maddeningly impossible to find until faster clock speeds made it appear more often.