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I can kinda relate to having fun fixing bugs, but I think (i addition to some sarcasm) the author is kinda romanticizing debugging. 90% of the time it's no fun, feels like a waste of time and doesn't really provide much satisfaction. Once in a while, though, you do find a really interesting bug and fix it and it feels pretty great!


Creating tests usually feels like a waste of time as well.


Execute all these test cases by hands 10 times a day and feel the difference. You will enjoy automating after that.




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