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eptcyka06/16/20252 repliesview on HN

Do you find that distracting things help you debug shoddy code?


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tikhonj06/16/2025

They don't hurt, and it's fun to come across them. If the funny thing is used in one place, it can be memorable and easier to search for. If it's the equivalent of "error [error]" or whatever, I honestly don't care.

arccy06/16/2025

if "divide by cucumber" is a unique string in the code base, then yes?

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