Commits and Conflicts

Episode 12

All-Seeing Rubber Ducky

Commits and Conflicts, Episode 12: All-Seeing Rubber Ducky. Four-panel comic strip; full transcript below.

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Paul finds the bug by explaining it to a rubber duck. Nova wants to know why the duck gets the credit.

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Panel 1: The Sounding Board

Paul: If the value is null here… oh! That’s the bug.

Paul: Good catch, Ducky.

Panel 2: The Rival

Nova: You have me. Why do you need the duck? He doesn’t even talk.

Paul: The duck lets me think.

Panel 3: The Trust Issue

Paul: I can’t always trust that you’re fixing the problem when you keep circling the drain.

Paul: It hasn’t suggested that a fictitious method change will fix the issue.

Nova: So you trust a bath toy?

Panel 4: Less Oracle

Nova: All-seeing Rubber Ducky… how do I get Paul to trust me?

Ducky: Stop hallucinating all the time.