Yes, but then imagine saying on the next stand-up that you took a couple hours or a whole day on adding new NATVIS visualizers or GDB pretty-printers, and think

Yes, but then imagine saying on the next stand-up that you took a couple hours or a whole day on adding new NATVIS visualizers or GDB pretty-printers, and think of the reaction you'd get. Approval and interest, or eyerolls and comments on work prioritization? That is the difference between the two cultures. It matters at least because use of debuggers gets more effective with investment into support scripts and configs, in ways print-debugging doesn't.