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28 points | by denysvitali 3 hours ago

5 comments

  • kjhughes 1 hour ago
    There seems to be a debugging pattern that arises when problems are in proximity to a poorly understood, highly complex part of the system: We tend to think that's where the problem probably is. And we can lose an inordinate amount of time looking for it there. It's like an inverse streetlight effect.

    I've seen coding LLMs do it too. I have a well-tested, but complex, subsystem that constantly draws their attention when something non-obvious elsewhere goes wrong.

  • ChrisArchitect 13 minutes ago
    Title is: How a Broken Bike Sync Led Me to Reverse Engineering My Wahoo's Hidden Debug Mode
    • denysvitali 5 minutes ago
      Yes, less fun, sorry for the lack of 1:1 match
  • davidw 20 minutes ago
    That's pretty interesting; I've always wondered about the internals of those things, as I stared at mine while pedaling up some steep grade.

    I'm also curious about what the electronic derailleurs and shifters run.

  • otikik 1 hour ago
    Love the punchline
  • Scribbd 1 hour ago
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