It Works On My Machine

Definitions

1. The classic developer defense when a bug can't be reproduced locally. Highlights the gap between development and production environments. The entire Docker/containerization movement was partly motivated by eliminating this class of problems.

   In plain English: The frustrating excuse developers give when they can't reproduce a bug because their setup is different from production.

   Example: "The build passes locally but fails in CI." "Works on my machine." "That's literally why we use Docker."

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