Formulate hypothesis -> design experiment -> implement experiment -> question experiment results -> review equipment -> question equipment design -> review schematics -> question well known universal laws...

Somehow, somewhere, it ends with "connect loose cable -> experiment confirms/denies hypothesis", but I really don't know how to get there.

This is the Sad Engineering Method

Also works with software.

"I think I got most of the bugs, now to start recording some gameplay footage for the trailer -- wait, how the fuck did that just happen?"

Dude I feel this from my Arduino drum machine project.

Thing works great, except it randomly false triggers, and I can't for the life of me figure out why.