# New Programming Jargon

**Date:** 2021-06-29  
**Author:** Kees C. Bakker  
**Original:** https://keestalkstech.com/notes/new-programming-jargon/

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So enjoying this:

> **11. Higgs-Bugson**
> A hypothetical bug predicted to exist based on a small number of possibly related event log entries and vague anecdotal reports from users, but it is difficult (if not impossible) to reproduce on a dev machine because you don’t really know if it’s there, and if it is there what is causing it. 

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                New Programming Jargon
                Stack Overflow – like most online communities I’ve studied – naturally trends toward increased strictness over time. It’s primarily a defense mechanism, an immune system of the sort a child develops after first entering school or daycare and being exposed to the wide, wide world of everyday sneezes and coughs
                                    blog.codinghorror.com
                            
        
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