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principle-fix-root-causes
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Reproduce bugs, trace their underlying causes, and fix the source of each failure.
Apply when debugging. Trace each symptom to its root cause and fix it there; reproduce first, ask why until you reach it, resist nil-check guards that silence crashes.
Understand the trade-offs.
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# Fix Root Causes When debugging, do not fix symptoms. Trace every problem to its root cause and fix it there. **Why:** Symptom fixes accumulate. Each workaround makes the system harder to reason about, and the real bug remains. Root-cause fixes are slower upfront but reduce total debugging time. **Pattern:** - Reproduce first - Ask "why" until you hit the root cause - Do not add guards (adding a nil check to silence a crash is a symptom fix) - If a workaround needs a paragraph-long comment to justify it, the code is wrong (fix the code, not the comment) - Check for the pattern, not just the instance (grep for the same pattern, fix all instances) - When stuck, instrument. Don't guess (add logging, read the actual error) **Restart bugs: suspect state before code** When something "fails after restart," suspect stale persistent state first: config files, caches, lock files, serialized state. If clearing a state file restores behavior, prioritize state validation as the fix.
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