http://disqus.com/by/atchoupani/enWed, 11 Mar 2009 01:16:10 -0000http://giraffesoft.ca/blog/2009/03/10/4-core-competencies-of-great-hackers.html#comment-7093607<p>"Debuggers are evil" because they put you in a position to NOT think. Instead of forcing yourself to actively create a mental model of how the code is supposed to work, a debugger will let you passively "watch what happens".</p><p>[edit] I checked back in to see how the conversation was going and noticed my comment was a little out of context. I was replying to @anon1 :)</p><p>I definitely +1 jamesgolick's comment about the spirit of this post and what to take away from it.</p><p></p>atchoupaniWed, 11 Mar 2009 01:16:10 -0000