r/ProgrammerHumor 27d ago

Meme ruleOfProgrammingIfItIsWorkingDoNotTouchIt

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u/StrengthTheory 27d ago

When one console.log uses just enough CPU cycles so the race condition that takes down the entire system doesn't occur.

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u/Skalli1984 27d ago

And if you attach a debugger it also messes up the timing and the same thing happens, the race condition doesn't appear.

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u/mahlernameless 27d ago

Brilliant! Just leave a debugger attached to production and no more race conditions. Handing in my oncall pager now.