I don't think dealing with core dumps is that uncommon if you work close to the infrastructure level and the environment comprises many different technologies a

I don't think dealing with core dumps is that uncommon if you work close to the infrastructure level and the environment comprises many different technologies and high machine count. In my case of high performance Java, core dumps were immensely useful for investigating issues like JVM bugs (C2 compiler bugs, GC bugs, classloader bugs) but also kernel bugs and hardware issues as well.