My Code Works… But I Don’t Know Why

This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by ali

Every dev has that moment.
You’re debugging for 3 hours, your soul leaves your body, Stack Overflow tabs multiply like rabbits… and then—suddenly—it works.

No errors.
No warnings.
Just… runs perfectly.

And you sit there like:
“Cool… but how?”

I swear my code and I are in a toxic relationship:

1. I break it → it hates me.
2. I fix it → it ignores me.
3. I ignore it → suddenly it behaves.

The Developer Lifecycle

1. – Write code with confidence
2. – Debug for eternity
3. – Randomly add print() / console.log() statements like sprinkles
4. – Delete one line… and everything works
5. – Forget to document it

PSA

If your code only works when you don’t look at it too hard—congrats, you’re a real developer now.

Drop your “my code worked but I don’t know why” stories below
Let’s build a museum of accidental victories.

This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by ali