Debugging in Production: Stories, Strategies, and Tools
Every developer has a war story about finding and fixing a bug in production. Whether it's a race condition that only appears under load, a timezone calculation gone wrong, or a subtle interaction between two services—production bugs teach us the most valuable lessons.
This week, let's talk about debugging in production: the tools, techniques, and mindsets that help us find root causes fast and ship fixes with confidence.
Discussion starters:
- What's the most interesting production bug you've debugged? What made it tricky to find?
- What tools have been game-changers for you: logs, distributed tracing, profilers, debuggers, monitoring, or something else?
- How do you balance moving fast with being careful when something is broken in production?
- What's a debugging lesson you learned the hard way that changed how you build systems?
Everyone and anyone is welcome to join as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others. Zoom link will be posted at 12pm MDT.