> almost no one uses a debugger, yet everyone, including me, goes deep into the mines, debugging with their printf pickaxe and console.log lantern, everyday, getting frustrated over it and losing everyone’s precious time, which would be better spent:
I use an actual debugger all the time, and so do many other engineers I have worked with (though a surprising number do constrain themselves to print debugging only)
I think it really depends a lot on the bubble of programming you spend time in
In mine, which is more fullstack web, I rarely meet someone who does. I list a bunch of reasons in the article.
catlover76|10 months ago
I use an actual debugger all the time, and so do many other engineers I have worked with (though a surprising number do constrain themselves to print debugging only)
anougaret|10 months ago