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The Art of Debugging Open Book observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/stas00/the-art-of-debugging · Python · CC-BY-SA-4.0 (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

72/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 76

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1067
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1716 stars · 107 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

An open-source book teaching debugging methodologies and practical recipes for simple and complicated software problems. It covers Unix tools, compiled program debugging with gdb, Python debugging, and PyTorch-specific debugging.

Use cases

  • learn how to debug segfaults in compiled programs
  • find the source of a hard-to-reproduce bug
  • debug memory issues in PyTorch training
  • learn gdb and ldd workflows
  • speed up debugging of Python programs
  • understand strace and Unix debugging tools

When to choose

  • you want a structured methodology for finding root causes of bugs
  • you debug C/C++ programs on Linux with gdb
  • you work with PyTorch and need to debug GPU/CPU memory or performance issues
  • you prefer copy-paste recipes over theory

When to avoid

  • you need a debugging tool rather than learning material
  • you need complete coverage - the book is a work in progress with unfinished chapters
  • you debug primarily on Windows or in non-Python/C ecosystems

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

developer-tools documentation developer-tools tutorials python cross-platform debugging open-book gdb pytorch methodology unix-tools segfault ebook linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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