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Sleuth or Spy or ...?

When you’re investigating a bug, what role do you take?

Are you investigating like detective investigates a crime?

Or observing, measuring, infiltrating like a spy?

Maybe diagnosing like a doctor? Hypothesizing like a scientist?

Sometimes I’ve felt like an archeologist: pouring over historical documentation, commit history, crash reports, and logs. Piecing together a timeline to help explain what is going on, or what changed.

Other times I’ve been an investigative reporter: gathering facts, theorizing, interviewing.

What roles come to mind when you think about debugging?

- Karl

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