Debugging with the Scientific Method - Stuart Halloway

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a talk that changed how people debug, worth rewatching periodically.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

ClojureTV

Topic

debugging methodology

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• This talk, "Debugging with the Scientific Method" changed how I debug problems. I try to watch it once every year or two. tl;dr, when debugging people naturally form a hypothesis about what is going wrong and then set about gathering evidence to support or refute …

• I think your criticisms are definitely valid. The learning curve is steep (intentionally so) but definitely worth it. Your programs will become more reliable and you'll get more done as a consequence. Please push through! The error messages are terrible, and there are a lot …

• Stuart Halloway from the Clojure community has some great a talks using the REPL to debug. Links: Debugging with the Scientific Method - Stuart Halloway ( [VIDEO] ) REPL DEBUGGING: NO STACKTRACE REQUIRED ( [LINK] ) scope-capture ( [LINK] )