Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Sometimes I need a debugger because there's a ton of variables or I just have no idea what's wrong and that's the easiest way to see everything that's going on. It's really frustrating to feel like I need a debugger and don't have a good way to add the IDEs visual debugger (because I'm using a CLI on a remote session or something). It's also really frustrating to be inside a debugging session and wish you knew what the previous value for something was but you can't because you can't go backwards in time. That happens so often to me, in fact, that print debugging is actually more effective for me in the vast majority of cases.


Consider applying for YC's Winter 2026 batch! Applications are open till Nov 10

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: