Tag: Debugging

Expert Opinion Jul 14, 2026

Two error signatures sat on the same line of code. They looked like one problem. They were two, with opposite fixes. One needed me to stop throwing, the other needed me to catch and retry, and the fix that would have made the log quiet fastest was the worst option available.

Software Development Jun 22, 2026

A push failed with a 410 and an error that said "deprecated" right next to my git command. It was not git. It was Bitbucket retiring app passwords. Here is the tell, and the fix.

Software Development Jun 18, 2026

A campaign-builder bug looked like a one-line fix. It was three problems stacked under one symptom. Here is how I found the two the error console never showed.

Frontend Engineering Jun 02, 2025

Ever hit a strange sass.dart.js warning while compiling with Webpack? You are not alone. I break down what this warning really means, how to fix it or safely ignore it, and what it teaches about frontend and backend teams working together.

Databases Sep 18, 2024

Short answer: MySQL error #1442 means a trigger or stored function tried to run its own UPDATE, INSERT or DELETE on the same table as the statement that called it. MySQL forbids that. To change the row being written, use SET NEW.column = value in a BEFORE trigger instead. For anything else, write to a […]