GitHub - DilawarShafiq/nietzschian-debugger: The anti-AI debugger. What doesn't kill your code makes it stronger. Confrontational questioning for developers.

"What doesn't kill your code makes it stronger." The anti-AI. Every other tool gives you answers. Nietzschian Debugger confronts you with questions. You paste your bug. It doesn't fix it. Instead, it: Challenges your assumptions about what's happening Forces you to confront the evidence you're avoiding Tears apart your weak reasoning until only truth remains Guides you to the "aha!" moment — YOUR moment, not the AI's Why? AI is making developers weaker. Copy-paste from ChatGPT, ship, repeat. Nobody understands their own code anymore. Nietzschian Debugger forges stronger developers — through struggle, not shortcuts. "He who has a why to debug can bear almost any how." Installation # Published release (npm, v0.1.0) npx nietzschian-debugger # Current source (Python 3.10+) pip install git+https://github.com/DilawarShafiq/nietzschian-debugger.git nietzschian debug "your bug" Requirements: Node.js >= 20 for the npm release, or Python >= 3.10 for the current source An Anthropic API key (BYOK — bring your own key) Setup Set your Anthropic API key: # Linux / macOS export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..." # Windows (PowerShell) $env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = "sk-ant-..." # Windows (CMD) set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-... Quick Start # Start a debugging session (default: nietzsche intensity) nietzschian debug "My API returns 500 but only on Tuesdays" # Gentle mode — for when you need guidance, not punishment nietzschian debug --intensity socrates "My login endpoint fails randomly" # Maximum intensity — for seniors who want pain nietzschian debug --intensity zarathustra "Memory leak in production" # Point it at specific code nietzschian debug "Auth fails in ./src/middleware/auth.ts" Three Intensity Levels Level Style Best For socrates Warm, guiding, scaffolded questions Juniors, learning fundamentals nietzsche Direct, confrontational, no hand-holding Daily debugging (default) zarathustra Brutal, adversarial, hostile to weak reasoning Seniors who want real pain How a Session Looks Nietzschian Debugger v0.1.0 — intensity: nietzsche You: My login endpoint returns 403 for some users Nietzschian: You say "some users." That's vague. What separates the ones who fail from the ones who don't? You: I'm not sure, it seems random Nietzschian: "Random" is the word we use when we haven't looked hard enough. What do the server logs say for the 403 responses? Go look. I'll wait. You: Let me check... oh, they all have expired JWT tokens Nietzschian: Now we're getting somewhere. Why would some users have expired tokens while others don't? What changed recently in your auth system?

You: ... oh.

We changed the token TTL last week and didn't invalidate existing sessions. Nietzschian: There it is. You didn't need me to tell you — you needed to be forced to look. Session Complete — 4 questions to root cause (Solved) Your Debugging Profile: ┣ Assumption-checking ██████████ strong ┣ Evidence-gathering ██████░░░░ moderate ┗ Root cause speed ████████░░ strong "Man is something that shall be overcome." — Friedrich Nietzsche Session Commands Command Effect solved or found it End session — you found the root cause I give up Get one lifeline question, then exit exit or quit Abandon session immediately Ctrl+C / Ctrl+D Force quit Features Never Gives Answers — Every response is a question. The tool will NEVER tell you the fix. Real Code Reading — Reference a file path and it reads YOUR actual code, not generic examples. Contextual Philosophy — Nietzsche when you're avoiding, Seneca when overwhelmed, Sun Tzu when you need strategy. Growth Score — Track your debugging skills across sessions with visual bar charts. Session History — All sessions saved locally in .nietzschian/sessions/ for trend tracking. Sliding Context — Long sessions don't crash; older turns are transparently summarized. The Philosophy Traditional AI Nietzschian Debugger "Here's the fix" "What have you tried?" Makes you dependent Makes you dangerous You learn nothing You learn everything Fast but shallow Painful but permanent AI gets smarter YOU get smarter Who Is This For? Junior developers who want to actually learn, not just copy-paste Senior developers who miss the struggle that made them good Engineering managers who want their team thinking, not just prompting Bootcamp students building real debugging intuition Anyone who believes the best developer is a self-reliant one Development # Clone and install git clone https://github.com/DilawarShafiq/nietzschian-debugger.git cd nietzschian-debugger pip install -e ".[dev]" # Run tests (121 tests) pytest # Run the CLI locally nietzschian debug "test problem" Tech Stack Python >= 3.10 Claude API via the Anthropic SDK Click for the CLI, Rich for the terminal UI pytest for testing License MIT