debugging

People hate debugging. Debugging can be painful, frustrating, and often unrewarding. And yet, I love it. I wanted to write about it for a long time but I could never find the right words. I finally found them. In a TV show, out of places.

Debugging is about finding the bug and understanding why the bug was there to begin with.

Understanding why the bug was there to begin with. Debugging, for me, is time travel. It’s an interactive history book. It’s a make-your-own-Sherlock-Holmes-adventure game. It’s a mind-reading game.

Debugging is intoxicating.