Building a Debugger • Sy Brand & Tim Misiak

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. http://gotopia.tech/bookclub Read the full transcription of the interview here Sy Brand - Author of "Building a Debugger" and C++ Developer Advocate at Microsoft Tim Misiak - Systems Engineer at Datadog and Co-Founder of Augmend RESOURCES Sy https://bsky.app/profile/tartanllama.xyz https://x.com/tartanllama https://github.com/TartanLLama https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sy-brand-36520857 https://sybrand.ink https://blog.tartanllama.xyz Tim https://bsky.app/profile/timdbg.com https://x.com/timmisiak https://github.com/timmisiak https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-misiak https://www.timdbg.com Links https://dwarfstd.org https://lldb.llvm.org https://rr-project.org https://undo.io DESCRIPTION Tim Misiak interviews Sy Brand about their book "Building a Debugger". Sy, who has a background in GPU compilers and debuggers, discusses how implementing a debugger offers profound insights into computer systems. The conversation explores the unexpected complexities of debugging fundamentals like stack unwinding and code stepping. They examine how debugging interfaces have evolved and the challenges posed by backward compatibility and language evolution. Sy highlights areas for future advancement in debugging, particularly time travel debugging for non-deterministic issues and better tools for debugging optimized code. Throughout the interview, both experts share fascinating technical details that reveal why debugger implementation serves as an excellent path to deeper understanding of operating systems and hardware. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sy Brand • Building a Debugger Cathy O"Neil • Weapons of Math DestructionCrossing Borders Crossing Borders is a podcast by Neema, a cross border payments platform that... Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Bluesky Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Facebook CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!