Debugging When AI Gets Stuck

What you'll learn

1. 1

   The Eight-Step Debugging Routine

   Stop asking AI to rewrite everything. Follow a routine that finds the cause and keeps your working version safe.

   Goal: Apply an eight-step routine to reproduce, locate and fix a bug with one change at a time.

   • Why "fix it" loops happen
   • Put the routine in order
   • Write a good bug report
   • When to stop and ask a human
   • Project task: your bug report template
   • Before you continue
2. 2

   Real Bugs, Real Causes

   Diagnose realistic TinyTasks bugs across the interface, data, sign-in, env variables, analytics and webhooks.

   Goal: Match common symptoms to their likely causes, and choose the right first check.

   • Symptom to cause
   • Find the clue
   • First check for an empty list
   • Where would you look?
   • If AI gets stuck
   • Before you continue