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by sfn42 380 days ago
If you can't read a stack trace without an LLM you're not an engineer.
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Counterpoint: You might also just be working on an exceptionally bad codebase or with an exceptionally bad runtime (I'm looking at you C/C++ or minified Javascript)
Sure, if the stack trace doesn't have any useful information then it's not useful.

In my experience it's usually useful though, it usually tells you both what the problem is and where it is. Sadly a lot of people just don't even try to read them.