# The 12 Bugs of Christmas - A Software Developers' Version

DevFeed: [The 12 Bugs of Christmas - A Software Developers' Version](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-12-bugs-of-christmas-a-software-developers-version-28180.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://fuzzyblog.io/blog/humor/2019/12/11/the-12-bugs-of-christmas-a-software-developers-version.html>)

Author: Fuzzygroup

Published: 2019-12-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Scott Johnson](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/scott-johnson.md>)

Topics: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debug.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/upgrade.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>), [christmas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/christmas.md>), [debugger](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugger.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [humor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/humor.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>)

## AI overview

A humorous software-development version of "The 12 Days of Christmas" lists increasingly elaborate manager responses to reported bugs, including reproduction, debugging, software reinstallation, upgrades, hardware blame, and documentation changes. The supplied text ends before the twelfth bug is completed.

## Source excerpt

This isn't mine but it was forwarded to me via a group chat and, in it, I found a deep, profound and abiding truth: 1. For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: See if they can do it again. 2. For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. 3. For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. 4. For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. 5. For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. 6. For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. 7. For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. 8. For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. 9. For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again. 10. For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me: Change the documentation Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do