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## why it's a gotcha
-when you're debugging hardware + software, the number of possible failure points is enormous. the real killer isn't the bug — it's the wrong assumption that keeps you looking in the wrong place. you assume it's the wiring, so you spend 10 hours on wiring. it's actually an HTTP library silently eating your data.
+when you're debugging hardware + software, the number of possible failure points is enormous. the real killer isn't the bug — it's the wrong assumption that keeps you looking in the wrong place. you assume it's the wiring, so you spend 10 hours on wiring. it's actually an HTTP library silently eating your data. [[ai-rot]] can make this worse — when you're deep in an AI loop, you keep prompting the same wrong assumption for hours instead of stepping back.
## the fix
-lesson from an Orbit mentor: "if nothing is working, you have a wrong assumption. aggressively backtrack and sanity check." when you've been stuck for more than an hour, stop and list every assumption you're making. test each one independently. the bug is almost always hiding behind an assumption you haven't questioned. also: when debugging hardware, test each component individually before assuming the circuit design is wrong.
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-## see also
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-- [[ai-rot]] — AI can keep you stuck in the same wrong assumption for hours
-- [[it-works-on-my-machine]] — environmental assumptions are a common blind spot
-- [[discord-bot-ban]] — another "it worked until it didn't" surprise
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+lesson from an Orbit mentor: "if nothing is working, you have a wrong assumption. aggressively backtrack and sanity check." when you've been stuck for more than an hour, stop and list every assumption you're making. test each one independently. the bug is almost always hiding behind an assumption you haven't questioned — and that includes [[it-works-on-my-machine|environmental assumptions]]. also: when debugging hardware, test each component individually before assuming the circuit design is wrong.
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