Simon Tatham on Nostr: I want a less scary name for a technique. If I can't reproduce a software bug on ...
I want a less scary name for a technique.
If I can't reproduce a software bug on purpose, one option is to add more diagnostics, wait for the next time it happens by itself – even if it takes months – and see what they tell you.
I tend to think of this as 'spider debugging': spin a web of sensitive detector strands, then sit at the centre of it with infinite patience and wait for one of them to quiver.
What else can I call it, that doesn't spook arachnophobes?
If I can't reproduce a software bug on purpose, one option is to add more diagnostics, wait for the next time it happens by itself – even if it takes months – and see what they tell you.
I tend to think of this as 'spider debugging': spin a web of sensitive detector strands, then sit at the centre of it with infinite patience and wait for one of them to quiver.
What else can I call it, that doesn't spook arachnophobes?