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Rubber Ducky Logs

by phleet on 10/1/13, 3:31 PM with 11 comments

• by gruseom on 10/1/13, 4:04 PM

  I liked debugging more once I realized that the answer always comes as a surprise. Something you believe about your system must not be true, or else the fix would be straightforward. So debugging is like a mystery novel: suddenly seeing what you didn't see before is a pleasure.

• by peterhajas on 10/1/13, 4:49 PM

  > I hate debugging. Anyone that’s worked at a desk near mine has likely witnessed my debugging cycle of rage, insight, disbelief, and existential despair.

  I love debugging. Debugging is such a fun thing to do - inspect the problem, dissect the architecture, test your assumptions.

• by cgore on 10/1/13, 7:30 PM

  What he is describing is basically an engineering notebook. I prefer paper, even for software, it just seems more natural to me. Plus I can easily add sketches and diagrams then.

  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/General_Engineering_Introductio...