Comments on: Treating the symptoms, but not the problem http://www.singlefounder.com/2007/07/11/treating-the-symptoms-but-not-the-problem/ Musings on software and startups from a single founder Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:31:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Yachtcharter Griechenland http://www.singlefounder.com/2007/07/11/treating-the-symptoms-but-not-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Yachtcharter Griechenland Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:34:53 +0000 http://miketaber.net/archive/2007/07/11/1269.aspx#comment-232 Wow, I never knew that Treating the symptoms, but not the problem. That's pretty interesting...<br /> Wow, I never knew that Treating the symptoms, but not the problem. That’s pretty interesting…

]]> By: Monkeyget http://www.singlefounder.com/2007/07/11/treating-the-symptoms-but-not-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Monkeyget Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:16:24 +0000 http://miketaber.net/archive/2007/07/11/1269.aspx#comment-231 I've seen this way of "fixing" bugs more than once.<br />Usually by people who are real bad at debugging e.g.:when faced with a problem in the application can't or take very long to find the source (hint : the debugger can help you if you learn how to use it).<br /><br />The reasoning seems to go this way:<br />"Hey I found the source of the bug" (they actually onle found some code that is somehow related to the buggy code). "Mhh the system doesn't work when used this way so I'll just use it another way".<br /><br />Nevermind the fact that <br />-the "fix" only heal the symptom instead of curing the disease.<br />-the same problem can occur elsewhere<br />-it's ugly<br />-it may break when the real problem is fixed I’ve seen this way of “fixing” bugs more than once.
Usually by people who are real bad at debugging e.g.:when faced with a problem in the application can’t or take very long to find the source (hint : the debugger can help you if you learn how to use it).

The reasoning seems to go this way:
“Hey I found the source of the bug” (they actually onle found some code that is somehow related to the buggy code). “Mhh the system doesn’t work when used this way so I’ll just use it another way”.

Nevermind the fact that
-the “fix” only heal the symptom instead of curing the disease.
-the same problem can occur elsewhere
-it’s ugly
-it may break when the real problem is fixed

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