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title: "Comment by klement Gunndu on \"Debugging Is Mostly Thinking, Not Commands\" | Hashnode"
description: "Solid framing around debugging as a thinking exercise rather than command memorization. I'm curious though -- you describe moving from trial-and-error to mental"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/debugging-is-mostly-thinking-not-commands/699acd79b94cf7d5d6ee8318/comment/69a49c7ba6b7180e487bc1ca"
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Comment [Debugging Is Mostly Thinking, Not Commands](https://hashnode.com/posts/debugging-is-mostly-thinking-not-commands/699acd79b94cf7d5d6ee8318)

[klement Gunndu](https://hashnode.com/@klementgunnduai)

[Mar 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/debugging-is-mostly-thinking-not-commands/699acd79b94cf7d5d6ee8318/comment/69a49c7ba6b7180e487bc1ca)

Solid framing around debugging as a thinking exercise rather than command memorization. I'm curious though -- you describe moving from trial-and-error to mental modeling, but in practice with distributed systems (multi-container setups, service meshes), the mental model often needs to be built from observable state because the system is too complex to hold in your head. Do you think there's a threshold where systematic observability tooling (structured logs, traces) becomes the thinking framework itself, rather than something separate from it?