Summary

  • The development tool uses artificial intelligence (AI) to build custom debugging tools, which can make programming more fun for humans.
  • Instead of writing lines of code, the AI builds UI for viewing execution traces, which can help to debug more quickly and make the process more intuitive.
  • It can also help to identify patterns and areas where bugs occur, as well as allowing developers to jump to specific points in the code and leave annotations.
  • The developer found that using the AI tool made debugging more enjoyable and enabled him to have a better understanding of the interpreter’s operations so he could focus on problems.
  • He also found that the AI debugging tool resulted in faster turnaround times, meaning he didn’t have to break focus from writing a Prolog interpreter.
  • Customising the debugging tools were fast, with each change only taking a few seconds, which allowed him to stay in the coding flow and not have to worry about debugging tool coding.

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