1. The Myth of the Perfect Code
When I first dipped my toes into coding, I genuinely believed that if I worked hard enough, I’d eventually write flawless code. I thought bugs were just rookie mistakes, that the pros didn’t deal with late-night battles against cryptic error messages. Boy, was I wrong!
Here’s the reality: no matter how experienced you are, your code will break, and you know what? It’s often not your fault. There are so many variables at play that can mess with your code, some completely beyond your control.
Let me walk you through some of the most common reasons why your code isn’t working and why you shouldn’t blame yourself for every little thing that goes wrong.
2. External Dependencies: The Invisible Villains
The Moment I Blamed Myself (But It Was the Library’s Fault)
I still remember this one time when I was building a web app. Out of nowhere, the features that were rock-solid yesterday just stopped working. I drove myself crazy going through every line of my code, convinced I’d screwed something up. But guess what? The real culprit was an external library that had silently updated overnight, introducing a bug that threw everything off.
