A customer calls up having a horrible problem with your software in a live environment. They aren’t privy to the internals of your application, and don’t really want to be — they just want the problem fixed. You can’t send over a dev with a debugger, or have them try several different versions to see […]
Well, I’ve just finished getting phpBB installed and (mostly) configured. The comments for almost all of the pages have been turned off. New comments should be directed to the forum instead. Naturally, I’ll still leave comments on for posts like this one, but having a dedicated forum is better suited for dealing with the traffic […]
Hey folks; another generous translator has stepped forward! Egor has provided a Russian translation for all of us to enjoy. Thanks so much, Egor!
This and all other translations are available on the In Series project page.
You have a consistent repro, and a general idea of where in your software system the bug might be. However, you don’t know why on earth the repro steps cause the software to break the way it does. You’ve never seen the code before, and don’t have a ton of time to troubleshoot — you […]
You just synced your source tree with the repository — and lo and behold, the application fails to start once the build is complete. Naturally, your first response is to do a complete, fresh checkout in a new directory to verify that it is something in the repository that is broken, as opposed to some […]
Another translator has stepped forward to provide In Series in Czech! Vladimir Petruj is our benefactor this time, and his Czech translation is available immediately. Thanks so much, Vladimir!
This and all other translations are available on the In Series project page.
Introduction
So, you have encountered erroneous behavior in some system — but you just can’t seem to fix it. You have stared at your code until your eyes are dry and itchy, and just cannot see what could possibly be going wrong in that algorithm. Or maybe a configuration file clearly indicates that things should be […]
