bug fixing

software development

Don't Like It? Code it Yourself!

Have you ever considered paying for, or sponsoring, a * bug fix * new feature * plugin * small tweak to existing functionality ... for software that you use? I don't mean waiting for a new release of the software, which will contain a bunch of new features you may or may not

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triage

Not All Bugs Are Worth Fixing

One thing that continually frustrates me when working with dedicated test teams is that, well, they find too many bugs. Don't get me wrong. I want to be the first person to know about any bug that results in inconvenience for a user. But how do you distinguish

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bug fixing

Double-Click Must Die

Recently, we had this strange problem with a particular smart client application at work. It happened when the user clicked the OK button on a specific form. Like all difficult bugs, it was impossible for us to replicate. We put a bunch of diagnostic scaffolding into the deployed executable; this

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