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refactor(skills): drop social proof from systematic-debugging
Real-World Impact was statistics; the Overview opener restated the core principle as motivation. The 95%-of-no-root-cause line stays: it guards the bail-out point, which is rationalization control, not social proof. Supporting Techniques/Related skills untouched (PR #1932 owns that).
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## Overview
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Random fixes waste time and create new bugs. Quick patches mask underlying issues.
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**Core principle:** ALWAYS find root cause before attempting fixes. Symptom fixes are failure.
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**Violating the letter of this process is violating the spirit of debugging.**
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- **`root-cause-tracing.md`** - Trace bugs backward through call stack to find original trigger
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- **`defense-in-depth.md`** - Add validation at multiple layers after finding root cause
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- **`condition-based-waiting.md`** - Replace arbitrary timeouts with condition polling
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## Real-World Impact
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From debugging sessions:
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- Systematic approach: 15-30 minutes to fix
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- Random fixes approach: 2-3 hours of thrashing
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- First-time fix rate: 95% vs 40%
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- New bugs introduced: Near zero vs common

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