Get a solid debugging flow down where you can audit things and know what is and is not a black box. Also understand the kind of instrumentation and code intros

Get a solid debugging flow down where you can audit things and know what is and is not a black box. Also understand the kind of instrumentation and code introspection and navigation tools your platform has. Look into the monitoring solutions, maybe tracers, syscalls, etc. Be open to changing your build flow, deployment, and testing methods. The primary source is the computer. Everything else is secondary. People rely on the internet too much. If you're stumped try solving it without surfing the internet at all. Use traditional toolling.