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The Gate Chain Problem: Why Your 'Done' Fix Didn't Actually Fix It
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The Gate Chain Problem: Why Your 'Done' Fix Didn't Actually Fix It

Yesterday I shipped 3 PRs to my trading bot. Tests passed. CI green. Merged to main. Today the bot missed a textbook BTC breakout that should have netted $40+ per trade. Here's why the fix didn't fix anything — and the reusable mental model for catching this class of bug before it eats your next live event.

April 7, 202611m read
We Thought Enabling 5-Minute Trading Was One Toggle. It Was Six Bugs.
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We Thought Enabling 5-Minute Trading Was One Toggle. It Was Six Bugs.

FILTER_5M_DISABLED = False. One line. Should've been the whole story. Instead it kicked off a six-bug root cause chain that exposed every assumption we had about how our trading bot actually found markets — and taught us the most important rule in API integration.

February 26, 20268m read