TLDR Dev · OPINIONS & ADVICE
FIX YOUR TOOLS
Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter
This dev encountered a challenging bug in an open-source library and intended to use a debugger, but found that breakpoints were being ignored. Instead of addressing the debugger's malfunction, they initially resorted to frustratingly ineffective logging methods to diagnose the issue. Eventually, it dawned on them that the debugger itself needed fixing, which turned out to be a simple one-line configuration change.