Really nice article. I don't understand why debuggers need defending to be honest, seems to be a new cool kids thing. Sure, logging should never be neglected just because you can see the program state while debugging.
I use them in my normal programming workflow. It can also be useful to analyze runtime behavior in a multi-threaded environment if you have the ability to stop threads and pause their execution. Wouldn't be the first time I found bugs through that. And even the simplest debuggers give you insight, but be aware they they do modify runtime behavior, especially if your program communicates with any periphery or general input/output.
I use them in my normal programming workflow. It can also be useful to analyze runtime behavior in a multi-threaded environment if you have the ability to stop threads and pause their execution. Wouldn't be the first time I found bugs through that. And even the simplest debuggers give you insight, but be aware they they do modify runtime behavior, especially if your program communicates with any periphery or general input/output.