Debugger Capabilities Debate

Discussions center on the features, limitations, and effectiveness of debuggers, including breakpoints, stepping, and their support in new technologies or tools featured in the article.

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MS EXE e.g DEBUG.EXE callstacking.com launch.json DEBUG Commands.html xdebug.org i.e debugger debugging debug debuggers executing snapshots step exe trace reproduce

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paulw0 Apr 11, 2015 View on HN

Debuggers won't like you :)

marmaduke May 27, 2017 View on HN

Could this be used to build better debuggers?

lloydatkinson Jun 6, 2024 View on HN

How’s debugging and breakpoints for these?

bluGill Apr 25, 2021 View on HN

Debuggers don't work in the situation you described either.

KomoD Aug 14, 2023 View on HN

You're wrong, it very much does work for debugger

jpgvm Jan 10, 2022 View on HN

You my friend need to experience an interactive debugger.

odie5533 Jun 19, 2025 View on HN

100% of my debug sessions are with plain breakpoints and stepping. So it's here for me!

johnea Jan 2, 2024 View on HN

So, it's a debugger? tthat can't break/single step...

stephenr Oct 6, 2016 View on HN

Can someone explain how this is a debugger?

righthand Dec 24, 2024 View on HN

I use a debugger, tell that to all the people using LLMs.