The Great Substep Mishap (BUG-789)
A tale of woe and suboptimal design choices
It started innocently enough. A seemingly innocuous update to the What Went Wrong subpage. But little did we know, it would unravel a chain of catastrophic events that would lead to the downfall of our beloved substep.
Causes
- Unqualified developer attempting to "improve" existing code
- Unwise reliance on untested assumptions
- Lack of proper testing (read: no testing)
Effects
- Users reporting "weird" bugs
- System crashes with alarming frequency
- Unexplained increases in Mysterious Glitch Rate