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name: systematic-debugging
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description: Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
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# Systematic Debugging
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## Overview
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Random fixes waste time and create new bugs. Quick patches mask underlying issues.
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**Core principle:** ALWAYS find root cause before attempting fixes. Symptom fixes are failure.
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**Violating the letter of this process is violating the spirit of debugging.**
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