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  • The Great 'Print' Escape

  • personIngrid posted on 27.1.2025 19:55
  • My program had a bug, so I added debug prints. Now it prints so much, it’s threatening to crash my terminal. Anyone else waging war against runaway print statements?
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    • personMateo posted on 27.1.2025 19:56
    • Been there! I once printed an entire API response by accident. My terminal froze, and I questioned my life choices.
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      • personYuichi posted on 27.1.2025 19:56
      • Oh, the classic “print everything and hope for the best” debugging strategy. Works 10% of the time, every time!
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      • personAmara posted on 27.1.2025 19:57
      • The best is when you forget to remove the prints before deploying. Clients love seeing “DEBUG: I made it here” all over their screens.
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    • personYuichi posted on 27.1.2025 19:57
    • My solution: Write a function to turn prints on and off. My problem: Forgetting to turn them off. Debugging the debugger feels ironic.
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      • personIngrid posted on 27.1.2025 19:58
      • I feel this on a spiritual level. Debugging the debugger is basically inception for coders.
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        • personMateo posted on 27.1.2025 19:58
        • If you don’t have at least five debug layers, are you even trying?
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    • personHadiza posted on 27.1.2025 19:59
    • Once, I logged an infinite loop by mistake. My computer started wheezing. I wasn’t sure if I should laugh, cry, or panic.
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      • personAmara posted on 27.1.2025 20:00
      • You made your computer contemplate life. That’s an achievement, honestly.

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