I Broke It

Definitions

1. A direct admission of responsibility for causing a technical problem. In engineering slang, saying 'I broke it' can be painful but is often the fastest path toward honest debugging and repair.

   In plain English: A direct admission that you caused the problem.

   Example: "The incident got simpler the moment the engineer said 'I broke it' and pointed to the exact migration command that had widened the blast radius."

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