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TECHNOLOGYJul 20 · 06:30 UTCTHE REGISTER

Comment in code read 'Dear future me, sorry I wrote this'

A developer named Johnny wrote a C# project that later caused an intermittent glitch he couldn't resolve, only to find years later that his own comment in the code apologized to his future self for the problematic code. The incident resurfaced when a support team reported the same unresolved bug, leading Johnny to discover his past comment: 'Dear future Johnny, I am very, very sorry.'

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