Heh, my answer is that I just refuse to build or work on systems where bugs aren't always super obvious. If the system gets too complex, I bisect the system.

Heh, my answer is that I just refuse to build or work on systems where bugs aren't always super obvious. If the system gets too complex, I bisect the system. I think I've infuriated many colleagues with this attitude, and I'm sure there's at least half of the people here who would similarly be angry working with someone like that. Honestly, I'm not very good at writing software, I just tend to be similar to the author -- I grind more than I out-think most of my problems, and it results in a deliverable that solves it, usually, which ends up being enough to move on with.