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What bouldering taught me about debugging distributed systems

Reading a route before you climb it is a lot like reading traces before you touch code. Here are the habits from the climbing wall that make me a better engineer.

By Khalisa Amanda Sifa GhaizaniClimbingEngineering

DRAFT: a starter outline. Rewrite it in your own voice, then set draft: false.

Every boulder problem starts the same way: you stand at the bottom and read it before you touch a single hold. Debugging a distributed system should start the same way.

1. Read the route first

2. Fall, adjust, repeat

3. Trust your belayer

The takeaway