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Debugging: Twice As Hard As Writing Code

'Twice' is probably an underestimation.

... Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?

- Brian W. Kernighan

The Elements of Programming Style

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