debuggingcompilers

Debugger truth serum

Develop tools to identify and explain debugger inconsistencies. Help frustrated developers trust their tools again.

Why now

Compiler optimizations increasingly create debug-display mismatches.

Who for
Systems programmers
Business model
Enterprise licenses
Effort
A few months

Developers waste hours when debuggers show misleading state information.

A plugin that flags known debugger-display mismatches and suggests workarounds.

Sell to engineering teams tired of debugging their debuggers.

First version could just document common gotchas for major platforms.

Risk: Requires deep compiler internals knowledge to build well.

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