Debug like a boss: 10 debugging hacks for developers, quality engineers, testers
6 months ago
- #programming
- #productivity
- #debugging
- Stop blaming the code and examine your assumptions instead.
- Use print statements to reveal the raw truth when debugging.
- Check what changed recently in the codebase when bugs appear.
- Break things on purpose to understand the problem better.
- Explain the bug to someone (or a rubber duck) to find the solution.
- Error messages can lie, but stack traces reveal the truth.
- Reproduce the bug to fix it effectively.
- Use logs efficiently by filtering and setting alerts.
- Check components your code interacts with for issues.
- Take rest breaks to refresh your mind and solve problems faster.
- Write postmortems to document what broke and how to prevent it in the future.
- Share and teach your debugging hacks to improve as a team.