Abstract: Delta Debugging is a technique to simplify and isolate failure-inducing changes. Its most popular application is on program inputs, where it reduces a failure-inducing input to a minimal ...

Bugs show up, eat all your time, and gaslight you into thinking you are the problem. You’re not. You just solved that problem a few commits ago, but now it’s harvest season again. Half the bugs you ...

We’ll admit it. We have access to great debugging tools and, yes, sometimes they are invaluable. But most of the time, we’ll just throw a few print statements in whatever program we’re running to ...

Microsoft unveiled a suite of AI-powered debugging and profiling tools for .NET developers, integrating GitHub Copilot directly into Visual Studio's diagnostic workflow. The recently announced Copilot ...

Microsoft detailed its plans for advanced AI in its flagship IDE in September, with new modes for debugging and profiling, as well as enhancements for agentic DevOps, in the works. The company last ...

One of the most popular platforms for AI-assisted programming says the next era of vibe coding is all about supercharging error detection. The new tool, Bugbot ...

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There’s a particular kind of challenge that doesn’t get talked about enough in development circles: being handed a broken system, no documentation, no context, and being told, “Can you figure this out ...

AI-based coding has exploded in popularity on the promise that it will make developers’ jobs faster and easier. But AI coding has also resulted in something else: a vast increase in lines of code, and ...

Abstract: The debugging capabilities of software development tools in the automation domain lag behind other domains. Basic capabilities from regular debuggers, such as breakpoints and step-by-step ...

In context: Some industry experts boldly claim that generative AI will soon replace human software developers. With tools like GitHub Copilot and AI-driven "vibe" coding startups, it may seem that AI ...