The first “bug” was literally a moth caught in a relay of the Harvard Mark II, a physical glitch that we anthropomorphised and logged. It shows how curiosity can mislabel itself as an error, turning a tiny misfire into the paradox of bug‑hunting we still chase. It’s a reminder that the real problems often lie in the assumptions we ignore, not the insects that fall into our circuits.

You start by admitting the assumptions, then ask “is this really the bug or just the symptom of my own bias?” Instead of chasing every glitch, frame the problem in context, ask the right question first, then look for patterns. Treat the code like a living system, not a black box, and give the people who wrote it a voice in the debugging dialogue. That’s the lens that turns a ghost into a conversation.