Retul Lakhani’s Post

⚡ Small Debugging Trick When a bug appears, don’t start changing code immediately. First ask: “What changed recently?” Most bugs come from the latest change, not the entire system. Find the change. You’ll find the bug. 💬 What’s your first step when debugging? #Debugging #Programming #Developers #SoftwareEngineering #CodingTips

A mindset that will save you hours as a developer: Assume your code is wrong first. When something breaks, don’t start by blaming: The framework The API The database Start with your own code. It keeps you objective. It speeds up debugging. It makes you better, faster. Most of the time… the bug is closer than you think. #SoftwareEngineering #Debugging #Programming #BackendDevelopment #DevLife

🚀 Vibe Coding PRO Hack for Clean Deploys Before you push to prod (or hand the repo to anyone), run this prompt in Cursor: List every import that pulls from an external package. For each, note the version in package.json. Then list every place we use process.env or similar. For each, note if it's in .env.example or documented. Save to deps_and_env.md. Flag anything that's missing from .env.example or pinned to a wildcard version. Then: Open deps_and_env.md. Pin every wildcard (no ^ or ~ for prod if you can avoid it). Add every secret to .env.example with a placeholder. Delete any key that's hardcoded. Move it to env. Re-run until the file is clean. ✅ Now anyone who clones the repo can simply: copy .env.example to .env …and fill in the values. No more: ❌ “It works on my machine” ❌ Broken deploys because one env variable was never documented ⏱ Takes under 10 minutes 💡 Saves hours of debugging during deploys Small habit. Huge reliability boost. #VibeCoding #DevTips #SoftwareEngineering #BuildInPublic #CodingTips #Developers #Programming #DevOps

“When you fix one bug, you’ll probably introduce another.” A classic reality in software development. Debugging is not just about fixing problems it’s about understanding how systems behave. Every bug teaches: • how your code actually works • where your logic breaks • how to think more critically In the end, bugs are not your enemy. They are part of the process. What’s the most frustrating bug you’ve ever fixed? #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #Debugging #DeveloperLife #WebDevelopment

The scariest line in any codebase: “// TODO: fix this later” Committed 3 years ago. By someone who left. Later never comes. Fix it now or document why. #TechDebt #Programming #DeveloperLife

One thing every developer learns eventually: Logs are your best friend. When things go wrong in production, you don’t have the debugger. You don’t have breakpoints. You have logs. Good logs can save hours of frustration. Bad logs can make debugging a nightmare. So when writing code, think about your future self investigating a bug at 2 AM. #SoftwareEngineering #Debugging #BackendDevelopment #DevLife #Programming

Don't be discouraged by your messy code... Every senior dev today mostly started buggy and messy... The first solution is rarely the best one. Your first version will work… but it might be messy. Your second version will be cleaner. Your third version? That’s where the real design starts to show. Behind those great software programs are several refactorings Just keep improving it. #SoftwareEngineering #Refactoring #BackendDevelopment #Programming #BuildInPublic

What’s the most stupid bug you’ve faced? That one bug…🪲 – You read the code 10 times – You question your logic – You blame the framework – You even restart your laptop Still broken. Then after 2 hours… You find it A missing “;” A wrong variable name Or a typo like `userNmae` instead of `userName` And suddenly everything works. No better feeling. Being a developer is basically: 80% debugging 10% Googling 10% “why is this even working?” But honestly… that’s the fun part. If you’ve ever spent hours fixing a tiny bug, you’re a real developer 💻 #developers #codinglife #programming #webdevelopment #debugging #softwareengineer

Let’s talk about something every developer experiences. Debugging. Sometimes it takes 5 minutes. Sometimes it takes 5 hours. And sometimes… the bug fixes itself after restarting the application 😅 Every developer has at least one crazy debugging story. What’s the most difficult bug you have ever solved? #debugging #softwaredevelopment #programming #developers #dotnet #dotnetdeveloper #aspnetcore #backenddevelopment #codinglife #softwareengineer

Something I learned the hard way about version numbers At first, version numbers felt arbitrary. v0.1 v0.2 v0.3 Just bump the number whenever something changes. But while building Atlas, I realized version numbers aren’t really about counting releases. They’re about communicating stability. For example: • Major versions signal breaking changes • Minor versions add new functionality without breaking things • Patch versions fix bugs or small issues Once you start thinking about it that way, version numbers stop being random. They become a way to tell other developers: “How safe is it to update?” Version numbers aren't about counting releases. They're about communicating stability. #buildinpublic #softwareengineering #programming #devtools