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Obligatory link to "Debugging Rules": https://debuggingrules.com/ https://debuggingrules.com/ ----------------- I.... hate debugging. Just hate it. If I'm
by ansible 5y ago
Obligatory link to "Debugging Rules":
https://debuggingrules.com/ https://debuggingrules.com/
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I.... hate debugging. Just hate it. If I'm developing some code, and it doesn't do the right thing, that's fine, I'll find and fix the problem (usually, unless something wacky is happening with a 3rd party lib).
But ask me to figure out a problem with a large and complex system, and I just find that so discouraging. I know how to do it, (in part thanks to the above), but I just don't like the process. You never know how long it will take. You never know if you'll end up digging down further and further, and it is a problem with the hardware or something else that is hard to fix (I do a lot of embedded development).
- srean 5y agoI love debugging but just not under time pressure, that one I indeed hate. Something that compounds the problem are clueless people trying to extract a deadline out of you -- "So, how long is this going to take". No matter how careful you are in making sure that the estimate you give is not a commitment it will always be treated as one.