On the debugger point that begins the article:

I feel oppositely. I feel more like I too often use a debugger when I should be setting up a robust logging system. Debuggers are often "a temporary solution to permanent problem"...

Contrary to the author's comments, it makes perfect sense for every system to have its own logging system.

1) It isn't at all hard to create so it doesn't cost you. 2) Every system is a little different in the levels of logging that are use as well as the details that it wants to include or exclude.

I'm using Qt currently and their qDebug() statement just sucks for my purposes - there's arbitrary limit on the number of debug outputs allowed. Why? Why? ...