To understand anything, keep popping the hood. | blog.larah.me
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You have the ability to understand anything. High five!
Mark Larah · Aug 20, 2021 To understand anything, keep popping the hood. This post is aimed at newcomers, and as a pep talk for all :) You have the ability to understand anything. High five! As such, you have the tools to deal with any stacktrace your computer can throw at you. Errors from unfamiliar parts of the stack can be scary to deal with. Conversely, it feels easier to debug stuff we are familiar with. Which makes sense - we’re better equipped due to our prior knowledge and experience with the codebase. But here’s the thing! It doesn’t matter where along this line the issue is. Given en
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