How to debug Heisenbugs

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A three-panel comic titled “The Art of Bugfixing” by Geek & Poke. In each panel, two cartoon programmers stand side by side facing a computer monitor. In the first two panels, they quietly look at the screen. In the third panel, one suddenly shouts, “DON’T LOOK AT THE SCREEN!!!!” The caption below reads, “How to debug Heisenbugs,” humorously referring to software bugs that disappear when observed.

Source: Geek and Poke

(Geek and Poke website was on Typepad which has now shut down)

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