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3 pages tagged with "debugging"

Ghosts in the Compilation

October 31, 2025 - 2074 words - 11 mins

Recently, a cargo-semver-checks user reached out with a conundrum: cargo-semver-checks reported being unable to build their crate, but when they ran cargo check themselves, it always completed successfully. Something cursed was going on! The fix is part of the upcoming cargo-semver-checks v0.45 release—what better day than Halloween to talk about this ghost story!

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The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining

April 01, 2024 - 2033 words - 11 mins
Happy April 1st! This post is part of April Cools Club: an April 1st effort to publish genuine essays on unexpected topics. Please enjoy this true story, and rest assured that the tech content will be back soon! That's what my dad said when I asked what was wrong with our home internet connection. "… read more

Debugging Safari: If at first you succeed, don't try again

September 19, 2022 - 1847 words - 10 mins

The saying usually goes: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." But in the Safari web browser under the right conditions, trying again after succeeding once can get you in trouble. This is my recent debugging adventure.…

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