What Causes Bugs in Code?

Learn what can cause bugs in a codebase.

Bugs are software defects that result in the product behaving incorrectly by producing wrong results. When a software system does not handle a state because its design or implementation does not handle it, it leads to a bug. Let’s look into how bugs can arise:

Programmer oversight

Programmer oversights or lapses occur when programmers fail to consider specific situations their program might encounter, which can result in buggy code.

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