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rubber duck debugging
This is when a programmer debugs his/her code by reading it out loud to an acutal rubber duck sitting on the desk.
First you need to obtain a rubber duck (bathtub variety)
Secondly you should place the rubber duck on the desk and inform it you are just going to go over some code with it, if that's all right.
Then you explain to the duck what your code is supposed to do, and then go into detail and explain your code line by line
Lastly at some point you will tell the duck what you are doing next and then realise that that is not in fact what you are actually doing. The duck will sit there serenely, happy in the knowledge that it has helped you on your way.
First you need to obtain a rubber duck (bathtub variety)
Secondly you should place the rubber duck on the desk and inform it you are just going to go over some code with it, if that's all right.
Then you explain to the duck what your code is supposed to do, and then go into detail and explain your code line by line
Lastly at some point you will tell the duck what you are doing next and then realise that that is not in fact what you are actually doing. The duck will sit there serenely, happy in the knowledge that it has helped you on your way.
Adam: Hey Joe, could you help me with the debugging of this code, I have no idea what's wrong.
Joe: Here, take this rubber duck, and try some rubber duck debugging.
Adam: Holy shit, that actually worked, thanks.
Joe: Here, take this rubber duck, and try some rubber duck debugging.
Adam: Holy shit, that actually worked, thanks.
rubber duck debugging by MrAleksen June 17, 2016
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debagging
debagging by Simon Knuckleweed January 9, 2004
phone-time debugging
When coders debug other programmer's or lame students code over the phone! or trouble shoot a computer problem.
phone-time debugging by bretfort October 11, 2009
debugging
When someone you are talking to is critiquing elements (you provide) of the conversation:
1. with their friend who is listening at the same time.
or
2. in their head as a mental note which results in a period of silence and delayed response.
Note: The critiquing must occur during the conversation and not after, as that is termed as logging instead. Critiquing before is remote judging.
1. with their friend who is listening at the same time.
or
2. in their head as a mental note which results in a period of silence and delayed response.
Note: The critiquing must occur during the conversation and not after, as that is termed as logging instead. Critiquing before is remote judging.
example 1 :
You to Person A: Hey there, Mr. Brown-Shoes! How about that local sports team!
Person A to Person B: Can you believe this guy trying to sound like Monty Burns...
You to Person A: Hey man stop debugging me...
example 2:
You to Person A: Hey there, Mr. Brown-Shoes! How about that local sports team!
Person A (thinks): Oh my god, this guy sounds nothing like Mr Burns.
<delay>
You to Person A: Stop debugging me!
You to Person A: Hey there, Mr. Brown-Shoes! How about that local sports team!
Person A to Person B: Can you believe this guy trying to sound like Monty Burns...
You to Person A: Hey man stop debugging me...
example 2:
You to Person A: Hey there, Mr. Brown-Shoes! How about that local sports team!
Person A (thinks): Oh my god, this guy sounds nothing like Mr Burns.
<delay>
You to Person A: Stop debugging me!
debugging by Langdon Olger September 16, 2011
Debiggient
A portmanteau of defficient and big, it is a system or plan of action which is too big in scale or ambition, to be useful, and therefore it is defficient.
It is inspired by Antifragility and being small to be efficient.
It is inspired by Antifragility and being small to be efficient.
-I think my goals are too debiggient, and so I will be discouraged, useless and unmotivated.
-Debbigiency is what drives big societies into horrendous outcomes.
Debeggient is another way of saying that perfect is the enemy of the good.
Debiggiency is what disables a good man into a coward.
-Debbigiency is what drives big societies into horrendous outcomes.
Debeggient is another way of saying that perfect is the enemy of the good.
Debiggiency is what disables a good man into a coward.
Debiggient by Porsinska September 25, 2021
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