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  "path": "/articles/failing-to-fail",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T06:30:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://thedailywtf.com",
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  "textContent": "**Russell F** (previously) sends us a small one today. It's not just a representative line, it's a representative comment. More than that, it's a true confession. Russell wrote some code, you see, and the logic was confusing. So, a co-worker added a comment to explain what the code was doing:\n\n\n    'This is *supposed* to fail. If it fails to fail, it throws a failure message\n\n\nRussell writes:\n\n> I have to confess that this one is my fault. The comment was added by one of my coworkers to clarify what I was doing, and made me realize how stupid I'd been.\n\n\"Failing to plan is planning to fail\" becomes \"failing to fail is failure message\".\n\n[Advertisement] Utilize BuildMaster to release your software with confidence, at the pace your business demands. Download today!",
  "title": "CodeSOD: Failing to Fail"
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