There's a kernel of truth here expressed as an extreme. As I've gotten better at programming, I've changed how I use the debugger. I used to set a break point

There's a kernel of truth here expressed as an extreme. As I've gotten better at programming, I've changed how I use the debugger. I used to set a break point and dive right in. Now I stop and think a lot, then I might even modify the code a bit, make it fail better. Make it fail in a more descriptive way. Then I do a bit of debugging, then go back to thinking and perhaps modifying the code a bit more, repeat.