> It's astonishing how many developers rely on logging/print statements for debugging. The learning curve of using a tool like PDB or GDB is just too steep for most people.

On the other hand, since I can’t hook up a debugger to production, it’s also very useful to be able to understand my applications log output (especially tracing/debug statements) to triage the situation as quickly as possible.

Also any time I’m debugging USB or Bluetooth LE protocols, I’m relying on some kind of Wiretrace-like packet logger.

Debuggers have their place but they aren’t the end-all be-all of debugging.