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  1. It works on my machine. Why?

    A list of things to check when something works on your computer but not on someone else’s.

    Matheus Richard
    August 15, 2024
    • Debugging
  2. Monitoring PostgreSQL on AWS RDS for slow queries

    Some helpful tips to fixing slow database queries before they become a problem.

    Olamide Olaoye
    February 29, 2024
    • AWS
    • PostgreSQL
    • Databases
    • Debugging
    • DevOps
  3. Rubber Duck Debugging in public

    Talking to a rubber duck about your code can get you far, but won’t take others with you. Learn how to turn a lonely debugging technique into a knowledge-sharing tool.

    Neil Carvalho
    December 27, 2023
    • Development
    • Debugging
    • Techniques
  4. Rails: When Changing Code Doesn't Change Behavior

    Are you updating code and not seeing changes? Try this to figure out what’s wrong.

    Matheus Richard
    December 20, 2023
    • Rails
    • Ruby
    • Debugging
  5. Multi-thread Backtrace for Silently Hanging Tests

    Tests hanging with no feedback on how to solve the problem? Try this!

    Aji Slater
    September 20, 2023
    • RSpec
    • Minitest
    • Debugging
  6. Inspecting Ruby's inspect method

    Because 0x0000000103f70c98 never helped anyone.

    Louis Antonopoulos and Steve Polito
    June 20, 2023
    • Ruby
    • Development
    • Debugging
  7. How Upgrading Ruby Broke JavaScript

    A tale of false assumptions.

    Matheus Richard
    April 18, 2023
    • Ruby
    • JavaScript
    • Debugging
  8. Error Messages Are Our Friends

    This article is about how to understand and embrace error messages as tools to help us find issues in our code.

    Crystal Williams-Brown
    April 3, 2023
    • Error Handling
    • Error
    • Debugging
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  9. This week in #dev (Dec 30, 2022)

    Highlights of what happened in our #dev channel on Slack this week.

    thoughtbot
    January 10, 2023
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  10. Prove Me Wrong (A Reminder to Myself)

    Maybe the real treasure was the mistakes I made along the way.

    Louis Antonopoulos
    October 5, 2022
    • Back To Basics
    • Debugging
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