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My application programmer instincts failed when debugging assembler
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Hacker News | Mar 5, 2026 | lifefeed
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My years of debugging application-level code has led to a pile of instincts that just failed me when debugging assembler-level bugs. Lesson 1: Application code is (mostly) about logical abstractions. Debugging a pile of assembler code is about reading the assembler code, which is nice.
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