- Identify a problem. (User wants do something and can't, something that is supposed to work doesn't, someone wrote shit code that works and we want to fix it)
- Get more info about it: ask users for more context, find out about their workarounds, assess the impact of the bug, find solutions to similar problems. Get together with others and hash out some design.
- Do the coding. Often involves a bunch of reading documentation and trial running code to see if it works
- Come up with a way to confirm the change does what it's supposed to: write a new automatic test, or a procedure a person can follow to verify it works
- Write a description of the change and test plan
- Get someone else to check what I've done and make any changes they ask for (as long as I agree)
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2025
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