When debugging, tell AI the likely bug area instead of letting it search blind
arieljalali · x · 2026-07-29
A debugging reminder: if you already suspect where a bug is, tell the AI that narrow area instead of asking it to search blindly.
The point is that AI can be helpful in debugging, but it is often weaker than the human on local context and likely failure modes. Use it to accelerate the fix, not to replace your own intuition about where the bug probably lives.
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