It's worked out a couple of times... "How can the process have failed when the logs indicate success?" "Everybody lies." "Oh, so maybe the log is written at some point before the process actually finishes?" "Treat with steroids."
I very very often try mentally explaining problems to someone whose intelligence and opinion I respect. It doesn't really matter who, but it does have to be someone whose real world opinion I would value.
It's never hardware... except that one time that it was. [1]
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After reading Ridiculous Fish's version of this (http://ridiculousfish.com/blog/posts/The-app-that-was-fixed-...), I use a mental version of Dr. House.
It's worked out a couple of times... "How can the process have failed when the logs indicate success?" "Everybody lies." "Oh, so maybe the log is written at some point before the process actually finishes?" "Treat with steroids."
I very very often try mentally explaining problems to someone whose intelligence and opinion I respect. It doesn't really matter who, but it does have to be someone whose real world opinion I would value.
It's never hardware... except that one time that it was. [1]
[1] http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2012/03/06/coder-finds...