Debugging With AI.

When things break (they will). How to describe bugs, read errors, and let AI fix them for you.

After this lesson you'll know

Why things break and why that is completely normal
How to describe a bug so AI can fix it
How to read error messages (they are less scary than they look)
The copy-paste debugging workflow that solves most problems

Mindset

Things will break. That is not failure — that is building.

Here is a secret that professional developers do not tell you: their code breaks all the time too. Bugs are not a sign that something went wrong. They are a normal part of building software. Even code written by the best engineers in the world ships with bugs.

The difference between a frustrated builder and a confident one is not the number of bugs they encounter. It is how they respond. And with AI, responding to bugs just became dramatically easier.

Reframe: A bug is not a problem. It is a conversation starter. "Hey AI, this thing is broken. Here is what is happening. Fix it." That is the whole process.

The Skill

The 3-part bug report that gets instant fixes.

When something breaks, you need to tell AI three things. This format works every single time:

What you expected to happen

"When I click the Save button, it should save my entry and show a confirmation message."

What actually happened

"Nothing happens when I click Save. The button does not respond at all. No error, no message, nothing."

Any error messages you see

"There is a red message in the browser console that says: TypeError: Cannot read property 'push' of undefined."

Bug report prompt — copy this format

Something is broken.

Expected: When I click "Save," my entry should save
and show a confirmation.

Actual: The Save button does nothing. No response at
all.

Error in console: TypeError: Cannot read property
'push' of undefined

Please fix this.

Demystified

Error messages are scary-looking but simple.

Error messages look like gibberish, but they usually contain the answer. You do not need to understand them — you just need to copy them. But here is a quick decoder for the most common ones:

You do not need to understand errors

Seriously. Just copy the entire error message and paste it to AI. Say "I got this error. Fix it." AI reads the error, understands it, and fixes the code. You do not need to become a decoder — that is AI's job.

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