Occam’s Razor Debugging
I was reading an article about a right way to handle the “Debugging process” (as some project manager could call it) : Do It Yourselft!. And I must confess I quite agree with these ideas (quite is to make sure I can switch my beliefs if it turns out google doesn’t help anymore in the process, or some other external factor). By the way, this article may really useful next time I get something asked which I don’t want to reply because it’s too simple, too long, too pathetic, too obvious, … or simply if I don’t know the answer and don’t want the guy to know. So I could seem really smart by pointing out an elegant and simple procedure to follow. (Of course I would never do that, or well maybe… just try me!)
Anyway, I would like to add my 2 cents: the solution of a debugging process (or simpler a bug fix) should be ASAP, which here means As SIMPLE As Possible. Read the rest of this entry »