The Debugging Mindset

Debugging is not about knowing the answer. It’s about knowing which questions to ask. The best debuggers I’ve worked with share a common trait: they resist the urge to jump to conclusions. Instead, they slow down, form hypotheses, and systematically eliminate possibilities.

There’s a parallel to scientific thinking here. You don’t prove your theory right — you try to prove it wrong. Every bug is a mystery, and every mystery deserves a method.