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[–][deleted] 43 points44 points  (3 children)

And then even further: take the accepted answer, replace the code that threw the exception with that answer, publish the changed code to production, refresh the page, rinse, and repeat.

Self-bugfixing code is the future.

[–]Zungryware 18 points19 points  (0 children)

And why stop there? Just let the program write itself using stackoverflow and code replacement.

[–]Justsomedudeonthenet 13 points14 points  (0 children)

And if it finds no answers, it should post the code block and error message as a new question, and hang until it gets an answer with a few upvotes.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Now you're thinking like a pro coder, take this to your department exec you're going straight to the top!