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rjrodger ◴[15 Oct 24 12:44 UTC] No.41847988[source]▶

Good to have a name for this!

My favourite debugging technique is "introduce a known error".

This validates that your set of "facts" about the file you think you're editing are actually facts about the actual file you are editing.

For example: is the damn thing even compiling?

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1. meowface ◴[15 Oct 24 14:42 UTC] No.41849130[source]▶

I rely on this one a lot. Can save a ton of time that would otherwise be wasted.

Gettiers in software engineering (2019)