Re: Things to check before you post (The Ultimate PHP Checlist)
| From: | Chris Adams | Date: | Fri, 28 Jul 2000 18:04:10 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Things to check before you post (The Ultimate PHP Checlist) | ||
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> We call this technique "Confessional Debugging" and its probably the most
> used tool in my toolbox :-)
>
> It does't matter WHO you "confess" to, just getting the words out of your
> head/off the screen and into the air usually does the trick.
I ran into one guy who mentioned that one place he'd worked at had a stuffed
animal sitting in the office. The rule was that you had to explain the
problem to the bear and if it was still a problem (<70% of the time), then
you could ask someone else. IIRC someone nominated the bear for employee of
the month.