Category Archives: Debugging

Debugging a water heater

About a month ago, Debra and I started noticing that hot water pressure was lower than normal.  At first I thought it was my imagination, but it steadily got worse.  My first hypothesis was sediment in the tank, which fit … Continue reading

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An Assumption of Competence

My second programming job was with a small commercial bank in Fresno, CA, where I helped maintain the COBOL account processing software.  I was still pretty inexperienced, having only been working in the industry for about 18 months.  My previous … Continue reading

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Debugging a stalled engine

You’re looking at the front end of my riding lawn mower. After 12 seasons of use and my own maintenance, I finally had some problems with it that were better handled by a repair shop. I got the machine back … Continue reading

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