The Debugging Habit That Cut My Bug-Fix Time in Half

The Debugging Habit That Cut My Bug-Fix Time in Half Every developer has that moment. You stare at a bug for 45 minutes. Then you add a single print statement — and suddenly the answer is obvious. I tracked my debugging time for two weeks. The pattern was brutal: 70% of my debugging time was spent reproducing and understanding the bug. Only 30% was actually fixing it. Here is the one habit that flipped that ratio. The Habit: Reproduce First, Debug Second Before you change anything, do this: 1. W