This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by ali
Every dev has that moment.
You’re debugging for 3 hours, your soul leaves your body, Stack Overflow tabs multiply like rabbits… and then—suddenly—it works.
No errors.
No warnings.
Just… runs perfectly.
And you sit there like:
“Cool… but how?”
I swear my code and I are in a toxic relationship:
- I break it → it hates me.
- I fix it → it ignores me.
- I ignore it → suddenly it behaves.
The Developer Lifecycle™
- - Write code with confidence
- - Debug for eternity
- - Randomly add print() / console.log() statements like sprinkles
- - Delete one line… and everything works
- - Forget to document it
PSA
If your code only works when you don’t look at it too hard—congrats, you’re a real developer now.
Drop your “my code worked but I don’t know why” stories below ⬇️
Let’s build a museum of accidental victories.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by ali
ali | Sciencx (2025-09-05T17:02:20+00:00) My Code Works… But I Don’t Know Why. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/09/05/my-code-works-but-i-dont-know-why/
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