Debugging 9K lines of 100% AI-generated code: standard tactics failed to find root cause
blaizedsouza · x · 2026-10-11
Cindy Sridharan is writing a piece on "how to effectively debug code when you no longer fully understand it," prompted by a real bug she had to fix in 9K LOC of entirely AI-generated code. None of her usual tactics helped root-cause the issue, forcing her to switch to a different isolation approach — highlighting how AI-generated codebases are changing debugging workflows.
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