There's a huge difference between "I don't have a debugger", and "we tend not to use debuggers beyond getting a stack trace or the value of a variable or two" which implies that they do use a debugger on a regular basis to get stack traces and variables, and that they occasionally use it for more in-depth debugging (hence the use of "tend").
Not every problem suddenly becomes a nail because you have a hammer, but you definitely need to have a hammer in your toolbox.
Sure. None of what I said contradicts what you're saying right now. I never said that a debugger isn't needed or isn't valuable. I even went out of my way to say that a debugger is perfect for many situations. Other times, log statements work. To discount their value by painting a picture that debuggers are always the solution is a bit misleading IMO.
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There's a huge difference between "I don't have a debugger", and "we tend not to use debuggers beyond getting a stack trace or the value of a variable or two" which implies that they do use a debugger on a regular basis to get stack traces and variables, and that they occasionally use it for more in-depth debugging (hence the use of "tend").
Not every problem suddenly becomes a nail because you have a hammer, but you definitely need to have a hammer in your toolbox.
Sure. None of what I said contradicts what you're saying right now. I never said that a debugger isn't needed or isn't valuable. I even went out of my way to say that a debugger is perfect for many situations. Other times, log statements work. To discount their value by painting a picture that debuggers are always the solution is a bit misleading IMO.