Although Robert F. Kennedy gets the credit for popularizing it, George Bernard Shaw said: “Some men see things as they are and say, ‘Why?’ I dream of things that never were and say, ‘Why not?'” Well, ...

Abstract: Delta Debugging is a technique to simplify and isolate failure-inducing changes. Its most popular application is on program inputs, where it reduces a failure-inducing input to a minimal ...

Abstract: Fault localization and automatic repair of programs are critical tasks in software debugging. A proficient fault localization and automatic repair system can help developers promptly ...

Advanced debug logging is the cornerstone of high-performance applications. Whether working in cloud-native, microservice or monolithic architecture, strong debug logging practices enable developers ...

We’ll admit it. We have access to great debugging tools and, yes, sometimes they are invaluable. But most of the time, we’ll just throw a few print statements in whatever program we’re running to ...

There’s a particular kind of challenge that doesn’t get talked about enough in development circles: being handed a broken system, no documentation, no context, and being told, “Can you figure this out ...

In context: Some industry experts boldly claim that generative AI will soon replace human software developers. With tools like GitHub Copilot and AI-driven "vibe" coding startups, it may seem that AI ...

AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other top AI labs are increasingly being used to assist with programming tasks. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in October that 25% of new code at the company is ...

Microsoft announced agent debugging functionality for Microsoft 365 Copilot directly from the AI tool itself, no Visual Studio 2022 or Visual Studio Code needed. Agentic AI is dominating AI these days ...

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