The bug detective — Software Developer · Pretender

Users of the fictional Byte & Acorn quiz app say: “Sometimes my score disappears!” Nobody knows when or why. You have to find the cause, not guess. Find and fix the cause step by step.

Decisions · ~4 min

Your role

You're the developer on bug duty (in this game).

Your goal

Find and fix the cause step by step.

What you know

Good debugging: reproduce the bug, collect clues, change one thing at a time, then test.

Limits

Users' quiz data must not be lost while you test.

Success looks like

Reproduce — You made the bug happen on purpose.
Use evidence — You followed the clues in the logs.
Prove the fix — You added a test so it can't come back.

Skills you used

Debugging — Finding what's wrong and why.
Logical thinking — Following steps and rules precisely.

In real life

Developers often spend more time finding bugs than writing new code. Reproducing the problem and reading logs are core skills, and every fixed bug usually gets its own test.

Software Developer

Build the apps and tools people use every day.

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