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When rubber duck debugging just doesn't cut it.

If the rolling wooden variant still turns out not to be enough, I might need to source a real live duck. ๐Ÿฆ† Not sure how patient that would be at listening to me explaining code though. ๐Ÿค”

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Well, I'd suggest asking around your nearest toddler, that's how I managed to borrow this one. ๐Ÿ˜€ Probably it has been inherited through several generations, that might explain it's wisdom!

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jwt
programming.dev

Ah typescript properties possibly undefined, eh? My advice would be to sprinkle some more question marks on your code.

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Thanks for the advice, but lo and behold, the issue was actually caused by a newly introduced generic parameter not being defined after a dependency update. ๐Ÿ™ƒ Oh, the wonders of the JS/TS ecosystem...

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lemmy.world

My rubber duck is a Darkwing Duck figurine. He usually does the trick.

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Whoa, I just checked out some images, that one is on another level as well for sure. ๐Ÿ˜€ If he's as good at fighting bugs as criminals, you're in good hands wings!

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lemmy.world

Thanks! ๐Ÿ˜€ I've been meaning to post about that as well in order to keep feeding Lemmy with content, but couldn't find either an active alternative to ErgoMechKeyboards or Battlestations. ๐Ÿค”

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