race condition

A bug that depends on which of two concurrent things finishes first. Reproduces one run in twenty, which is why it survives review.

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Where it comes up

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Apr 7, 2026first said at 52:481 mention

“this crazy race condition. Uh that immediately becomes a way more computationally intensive project to solve than if it was just sort of like a little fix, you know, uh you know, moving the thing to the side or or just a little like logic c…”