Printf For The W

The eternal battle between sophisticated debugging tools and the humble print statement. When faced with a complex bug, we all pretend we'll use those fancy debuggers with breakpoints and stack traces. Then reality hits and we're just throwing print("test") statements everywhere like a medieval knight charging into battle with nothing but a shield and pure audacity. Sure, IDEs offer us the programming equivalent of nuclear weapons, but sometimes you just want to stab the problem with a pointy stick and see what leaks out. The simplest solution is often the most reliable—especially when you're on your 5th coffee and deadline was yesterday.