Many people erroneously credit the term “bug” to Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. In fact, however, no one knows where the term originated, and it may go back to Thomas A Edison or even earlier.
I’m retired now, but for 30 years I debugged problems in bleeding-edge IBM processors, horizontal microcode, firmware, ...
Bug bounty programmes have become a popular technique for code reviews; either in conjunction with, or instead of, penetration testing. Rather than an organisation relying on their own internal teams ...
During the furious early-morning typings on a dim computer screen, a bug is born within a nest of brackets. Jumbled inconspicuously between various foggy lines of late night code, the bug sleeps ...
Hmm.. well I just spent about 8 hours on the stupidest bug... compared to 4 hours last week for a really subtle bug which really should have taken that long. The worst are those hidden ones that muck ...