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Bughunting

A Four-course Debugging Feast

Rob Botwright
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Year
2025
Language
English

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Discover Bughunting: A Four-Course Debugging Feast!
Are you ready to transform the way you tackle software defects? Dive into Bughunting, a mouthwatering series of four "courses" designed to make you a debugging master. Each book is packed with practical recipes, real-world examples, and powerful techniques to conquer even the trickiest bugs. Whether you're a junior developer or a seasoned engineer, this feast will satisfy your appetite for reliable, robust code.
Book 1 - Recipe for a Heisenbug: Techniques for Tracking Elusive Defects
• Unravel the mystery of Heisenbugs-those impossible bugs that vanish when you look at them.
• Master deterministic replay, log reduction, and controlled environments to capture fleeting failures.
• Follow step-by-step kitchen-style recipes to set up reproducible test cases and isolate erratic behavior.
• Gain confidence by learning how to trap non-deterministic issues before they escape into production.
Book 2 - Memory Leak Stew: Identifying and Fixing Resource Drains
• Dig into the simmering world of memory mismanagement and resource leaks.
• Learn to profile allocations, inspect heap usage, and decode garbage-collector outputs.
• Apply systematic tools and code reviews to prevent subtle leaks from simmering into system crashes.
• Whip up quick fixes and long-term strategies that keep your applications healthy and leak-free.
Book 3 - Race Condition Ragout: Synchronization Recipes for Stable Code
• Conquer concurrency with iron-clad recipes that tame threads, locks, and atomic operations.
• Understand deadlocks, livelocks, and thread starvation-and apply the right seasoning (mutexes, semaphores, lock-free algorithms) to avoid them.
• Use formal reasoning and practical examples to guarantee your code behaves predictably under pressure.
• Boost performance and maintainability with well-balanced synchronization strategies.
Book 4 - Assertion Gumbo: Spicing Up Your Testing Strategies
• Spice up your test suites by bundling functional, performance, and integration checks into cohesive "gumbo pots."
• Group related assertions, streamline test maintenance, and catch regressions before they spoil the release.
• Integrate command-line tools and CI pipelines to automate testing at scale. Example:
gumbo test --config assertion_gumbo.json
• Learn from real-world case studies showing how teams improved code quality with "Assertion Gumbo."
Why Bughunting?
• Comprehensive & Practical: Each book delivers hands-on, bite-sized recipes you can apply immediately.
• Real-World Focus: Examples from e-commerce, IoT firmware, multi-threaded services, and more.
• Scalable Techniques: From individual developers to large teams-these recipes grow with you.
• Mindset Shift: Treat bugs as ingredients to analyze, not enemies to eliminate in panic.

Order now and unlock the secrets of debugging mastery!

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