v0.1.0 — Debug Mode

Nietzschian Debugger v0.1.0 — Debug Mode

"What doesn't kill your code makes it stronger."

The first release of the anti-AI debugger — the only developer tool that refuses to give you answers.

Install

npm install -g nietzschian-debugger
# or
npx nietzschian-debugger debug "My API is slow"

Requires: Node.js >= 20, an Anthropic API key (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY)

What's included

• Interactive debug sessions — confrontational Socratic questioning powered by Claude
• Three intensity levels — socrates (gentle), nietzsche (default), zarathustra (brutal)
• Real code reading — reference file paths and it questions YOUR specific code
• Never gives answers — validated response pipeline ensures 100% questions only
• Philosophy quotes — Nietzsche, Seneca, Sun Tzu matched to your debugging moment
• Growth score — Unicode bar charts tracking your debugging skills over time
• Session persistence — history saved locally in .nietzschian/sessions/
• 121 passing tests across 10 test files

Quick start

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."
nietzschian debug "My login endpoint returns 403 for some users"
nietzschian debug --intensity zarathustra "Memory leak in production"