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You've only added two lines – why did that take two days


It might seem a reasonable question, but it makes some terrible assumptions: lines of code = effort lines of code = value all lines of c...

Some developers would have immediately gone back to the person reporting the problem and required more information before investigating. Finding the exact cause of a problem, and looking at all the ways to get there can provide valuable insights. Because when I found the cause of the issue, I looked to find the simplest way of fixing it that would have minimal risk of introducing side-effects.

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