🐛 Bug Horror Stories

Every coder has a bug that haunts them. Add yours to the table below — keep it to one line, the more painful the better.

Warning⚠️ Conflict zone

Everyone edits this same file, so you’ll probably hit a merge conflict when you try to push. That’s intentional! Before you start, run git pull to grab the latest version, add your row to the bottom of the table, and if a conflict still happens, that’s your chance to practise resolving it. 💪

The Hall of Pain

Who The bug Time lost
Maria Two variables: data and Data. Two days. 2 days
Johan Typo on line 4 of a 14-hour script. 14 hours
Ale Typo on paired fastq file names during mapping. I had two fastq.R1 24h hours
(your name) (your worst bug — one line) (how long?)
Mohit vibe destroyed the vibe created work days…