The instant before I click send in a bug report

Dorico
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Everyone knows that the only way to find a lost item is to purchase a replacement, insuring you will find the lost one within days or even minutes.

In the same manner, when I am certain I’ve encountered a bug, the process of describing, in detail the context in my bug report, invariably the solution suddenly pops into my head just before clicking send.

  • the corollary to this is when I do actually send the report, the first reply shows that I’ve missed something embarrassingly obvious.
  • the ancillary is that it is indeed a bug, of which everyone else is well aware and it has already been discussed ad nauseam.
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Programmers know that the best way to solve a hard bug is to go and explain the matter to a colleague. Because you have to put it in words the answer pops into your head before you finish the explanation, very often. It’s interesting.

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That’s right up there with fixing a bug and saying, “How did this ever work?!”

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What’s the quickest way to find mistakes in your score you’ve checked already three times? Send it to the publisher :woozy_face:

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