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Bit09:12New face! Welcome in. Rule one: there are no dumb questions, only unreproduced ones.
sam_tests09:14anyone else seen playwright eat a click when the button re-renders mid-action?
nadia.k09:15@sam_tests yes!! fixed it yesterday — wait for the response, not the button. posting a snippet in a sec
maya_pm09:21reminder: bug bash friday. bring your weirdest edge case, best find gets eternal glory
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Write for a stranger. Questions with steps, expected, and actual get answered in minutes. “It doesn’t work” gets sympathy, eventually.
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Blameless, always. We report bugs in software, not in people. Same rule as the job.
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No gatekeeping. Everyone here once asked what a PM does. If a question looks basic, that’s your invitation to be someone’s Sam.