I don't mean to imply that a debugger is not an invaluable tool. But it's just one tool of many, and it's an addictive one. I once had to work for a few years

I don't mean to imply that a debugger is not an invaluable tool. But it's just one tool of many, and it's an addictive one. I once had to work for a few years with a development environment that didn't have a debugger. At first, this seemed like it would be impossible. But I learned ways to work without one, and now I find that I prefer them. Only rarely do I actually require a debugger. I do still pull a debugger out occasionally for particular needs, but by and large I find that I work faster with simpler tools -- or by just stopping to think for a moment before I reach for the keyboard.