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[โ€“] firelizzard@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are there seriously professionals out there who think debuggers are useless? That is utterly baffling to me. Logging and tests are useful, but if something unexpected happens, the debugger is absolutely the first tool I'm reaching for unless I'm dealing with remote code (e.g. on a server) or some other scenario where using a debugger is a pain.

[โ€“] josh@talk.jleb.dev 2 points 1 year ago

@firelizzard It's unreal to me. I can't fathom arguing against debuggers.

Rubymine's debugger alone makes it worth it for ruby development, let alone all the other features.

Crazy productivity booster.

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