Traced a bug to a missing semicolon at 2 AM inside a Panera Bread near my house

I was at that Panera off Route 9 last Tuesday trying to finish a beginner Python project. Spent 3 hours staring at a loop that kept breaking my output. Tracked it down to a single missing semicolon in a line I typed while trying to eat a bagel with one hand. My drink got cold, my soup was abandoned, and I felt like a fool. Has anyone else had a late-night coding session derailed by something this small?

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hill.david3d ago

Used to think semicolons were optional fluff, but a missing one killed my whole Saturday once. Changed my mind real quick.

matthewsullivan2d ago

@hill.david yeah, started reading my lines out loud... catches every missing one.