Class 9 · 9.6

Debugging strategies: ek disciplined tareeqa

Jab agent phans jaye ya koi ghalt direction pakad le, toh is playbook ko use karein: pehle snapshot lein, fast copy-paste loop chalayein, debug.md ka disciplined method apnayein, aur red flags aur pro tips seekhein.

🎯 Goal: pro ki tarah debug karna⏱ Read: 15 min🧭 Type: playbook

Aaj hamara build bohot smooth chala — koi complex bug saamne nahi aaya. Is liye hum ek debugging playbook cover karenge: yeh woh exact strategy hai jo aap ko tab use karni chahiye jab Claude Code (ya koi bhi coding agent) phans jaye ya ajeeb ghaltiyan karne lage. Is tareeqay ko samajh kar mushkil bugs aasan ho jaate hain.

01Hamesha pehle snapshot lein

Debugging mein agents aksar ghalt direction mein nikal jaate hain aur mamlay ko mazeed kharab kar dete hain. Is liye shuru karne se pehle ek known-good point freeze karein: ek real git commit karein.

Yahan rewind par bharosa na karein

Claude Code ka rewind sirf apne kiye hue file edits undo karta hai. Yeh script run karne ke side effects ko undo nahi kar sakta — jaise database migration, deleted files, ya installed packages. git commit hi aap ka sab se bharosemand restore point hai.

02Mode one: fast copy-paste loop

Choti aur obvious errors ke liye sab se best tareeqa simple hai. Error message ya stack trace ko copy karein aur seedha Claude mein paste kar dein — bina kisi extra explanation ke. Phir se run karein, next error paste karein. Copy, paste, repeat.

Yeh itna acha kyun kaam karta hai

Simple issues ke liye Claude ko pehle se context pata hota hai, woh trace read karke issue solve kar deta hai. Efficiency par focus karein: sab se fast tareeqa raw error ko bar bar feed karna hai jab tak sab green na ho jaye.

03Mode two: disciplined method

Jab quick loop fail ho jaye ya mamla kharab hone lage — toh ruk jaayein. Apni last commit par revert karein aur ek structured approach apnayein jo ek scratch file debug.md ke gird ghoomti hai. Claude ko in steps se guzarein:

Slow aur disciplined loop kaam karta hai — har stage ko write down kiya jata hai taake information loss na ho.

Consistently reproduce kareinstep 1

"Yeh issue hai. Ise har baar reproduce karein aur debug.md mein document karein." Jab tak bug reliable na ho, koi fix trustworthy nahi hota.

Deeply investigate kareinstep 2

Har related log read karein, extra logging add karein, aur web search karein. Findings ko debug.md mein record karein.

Hypotheses banayein & check kareinstep 3

Plausible causes list karein, phir har ek ko challenge karein. Ek single root cause par pahunchein.

Root cause prove kareinstep 4

Demonstrate karein ke yahi asli cause hai aur proof document karein. Is ke baad hi fix karein — aur prove karein ke fix kaam kar raha hai.

Lessons save kareinstep 5

Jo seekha usey CLAUDE.md mein likhein taake agli dafa ghalti na dohraaye.

04"I found it!" wali red flag

Ek classic failure mode se bachein: Claude web search karta hai, ek purani Stack Overflow post dhoondta hai, aur full confidence se kehta hai: "Mujhe issue mil gaya — yeh ek known problem hai, fix yeh hai ke is package ko downgrade kar dein." Phir aap ke aadhe code ko rewrite kar deta hai.

Ise challenge karein

Yahan woh perspective miss kar deta hai. Push back karein: "Kya ek se zyada logon ne yeh report kiya hai? Kya yeh wahi problem hai jo hum face kar rahe hain?" Jab woh kisi ghalt baat par phans jaye, toh ise rokein, commit restore karein, aur kahein 'this is not the problem, try again'.

05Mushkil bugs ke liye 2 pro tips

Pro tip 1

Different LLM try karein

Wahi problem kisi doosre model ko dein — Codex, Antigravity wagerah. Inki training alag hoti hai, toh yeh woh spot kar sakte hain jo Claude se miss hua.

Pro tip 2

Systematic-debugging skill use karein

Popular systematic-debugging skill is method ko follow karti hai aur root cause ko fix se pehle prove karne par zor deti hai.

Main takeaway

Yahan har technique ek hi enemy se larti hai: jaldbazi mein ghalt conclusion nikalna. Commit snapshot lein, bug reproduce karein, aur root cause prove karein.

Class 9 complete ho chuki hai

Hum ne MCP server ke zariye Jira se kaam read kiya, FeatureDev ke process se guzara, aur ek full feature GitHub PR ke tor par ship kiya — aur ab hamare paas debugging playbook bhi hai. Kal hum ek real SaaS product banayein ge!

✓ Aham baatein

Debugging se pehle git commit se snapshot lein.
Fast mode: raw error copy-paste karein jab tak fix na ho jaye.
Phans gaye hain? Revert karein aur disciplined mode apnayein: reproduce → investigate → hypotheses → prove root cause → fix in debug.md; lessons to CLAUDE.md.
"I found it!" wali jaldbazi se bachein aur proof maangein.
Hard bugs ke liye: different LLM try karein aur systematic-debugging skill use karein.