 the debugging manifesto poster I've been talking about is finally available for sale! You can get it here for $20 US + shipping: https://store.wizardzines.com/products/poster-debugging-manifesto it was redesigned and riso printed by Inner Loop Press and I'm SO delighted with how it turned out (https://www.innerloop.press/) 65 comments
 @b0rk This graphic touches on one of my biggest lessons: admitting to myself that I don’t understand the data or the code. Previously there was frustration or anger that “the computer isn’t doing what it’s supposed to”. Now, there is curiosity and discovery instead.  @b0rk dovetails somewhat with The Turtle's Four Rules Of Debugging: 1. What is it? @nottrobin It takes more time and effort to carry the package around compared to yeeting it off the belt into the truck This is very nice. I've just been through the bug journey this week. It turned out that it was my code. But I did have an adventure and it was solved when I stopped going it alone and posted an issue asking for help. @gws Yes, I'm (not so) secretly quite proud of myself for getting to the bottom of that one.  @b0rk I love number 7. Find a set of tools that work for you and really learn how to use them. I try to simplify and isolate the problem as much as possible. One of my first steps is usually compiling a minimal example in a container with Valgrind and btop. selling these posters is really an experiment -- I don't know if we'll ever print another poster yet! we printed 500 of this poster and I think if we sell 100-150 of them I’ll call it a success. so far we've sold 30 so it's looking good! https://store.wizardzines.com/products/poster-debugging-manifesto   @b0rk Please don't rush mailing mine; I'm traveling through the end of the month. I think I'm gonna frame it for my home office 😆 @trochee awesome thanks! it should ship within a week or so no matter what, we don’t have much control over that   @b0rk this poster is dope. If I worked with a team colocated I would have this up for everyone.  @b0rk I’m a fan of your zines and of Riso and will be delighted to put this on my wall. @b0rk So glad that #3 is immediately followed by #4. My "good advice and maxims for programmers" from 199? has "Looking for a compiler bug is the strategy of LAST resort. LAST resort." (Most of it is not actually good advice, but I think that bit holds up.) @flooey @b0rk https://blog.plover.com/prog/compiler-error.html "I feel as though I have accidentally spotted the Loch Ness Monster, or Bigfoot, or something like that, a strange and legendary monster that until now I thought most likely didn't exist." @b0rk Here's Jeff Atwood's version of this, also inferior to your way of expressing it: "The First Rule of Programming: It's Always Your Fault". https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-first-rule-of-programming-its-always-your-fault/ @mjd yeah in general I find that debugging advice is often very… condescending? and it makes me mad @swiftone @b0rk I call that "the Finger of Blame". My kid was taking a programming class last year and I explained: "The goal here is to point the Finger of Blame: What part of the code is really responsible for the problem? First you accuse the code that actually prints the wrong result. Then that code says “Nuh uh, it was like that when I got it, go blame that other guy that gave it to me.” Eventually you find the smoking gun." Julia would probably have a less recriminatory way of putting it. @b0rk I think 99% of the people in the world would have written a version of this that I had some cranky but significant objection to. I saw the title and my heart sank. Then I saw it was from you and felt a glimmer of hope. And then it made me happy. Thanks for being a shining city on a hill. @b0rk Does free shipping over $50 count with the poster too? Or is it the exception? @b0rk Ooo, I love this! Been looking for a poster to put behind my desk in the new office and this is perfect. also if you love the debugging manifesto poster I'd recommend checking out Inner Loop Press's other work at https://store.innerloop.press/, Tanya has so many incredible posters and zines @b0rk thanks to following @pluralistic when I see the phrase "What if we try X" my brain fills in some variation of "We will experience a new level of trolling and political radicalisation" :|  @b0rk I love this! Is there an option to buy a digital version I can print? I'd like to save carbon (and money) on shipping. @eliocamp there are free printable versions here! they look a little different though https://wizardzines.com/#posters   @b0rk For version 1.1, I would suggest rule 3a would be "check the data" and rule 6a is "what changed?"  @b0rk@social.jvns.ca Disagree with number 6. Computers are built to be logical, and you should debug your software with that assumption. Computers aren't always logical, though. @b0rk @b0rk Love it. @b0rk it looks so good. when mine arrives it will be added to the list of things that deserve a custom frame (which means it might not be framed for months 😭) @narf it's an expression that I have learned not everyone is familiar with https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20it%20alone  @b0rk I purchased one 🙂 how do you like to put posters on the wall? I'm kind of new to decorating tbh @andrewrk i’d probably buy this frame from ikea https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/roedalm-frame-oak-effect-80566400/ (though not in oak)  @b0rk I was sitting next to another programmer who, after much trying, threw his hands up and exclaimed, "Well, it won't work," then a half-hour later had it working. A puree of 2 and 4.  |
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@b0rk I'm getting old-school chills off that. The design language is very 1985. Not saying that's a bad thing.