Code Reading: A Superpower for Bug Hunting

This post details a significant career shift: from iterative coding to proactively finding bugs. Instead of relying solely on test-driven iteration, the author advocates for carefully reading code to preemptively identify problems. The key, the author argues, is to carefully read code, build a complete mental model of the program, and then identify the differences between that model and the actual code in Git. The post suggests focusing on control flow and data structures, and identifying potential error-prone patterns in the code. This approach dramatically reduces bugs and improves code quality.