Scripting News: i stopped looking for the weird problem

Saturday May 16, 2026; 6:36 PM EDT

i stopped looking for the weird problem#

i'd wait till a fresh start tomorrow.#
but then i realized claude has all the code, so i could just tell it my problem.#
can you find it, i asked, realizing i had not given it info on what the problem is. #
there's a very weird mistake in the code i wrote just now, and there was a lot of it, i said to claude.#
can you find the problem. #
had no idea what to expect.#
no more than 3 seconds it said I got it!#
it was a typo. where i meant to type x i had typed prefs.#
juggling a lot of bits in my head, my brain skipped, i didn't notice.#
i would have found it quickly in my next session. but now i can think of anything but that problem until then. #
sometimes claude can be totally frustrating, but other times the power makes such a huge difference. #

Last update: Saturday May 16, 2026; 6:45 PM EDT.

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