Linux debugging tools I use daily

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Every server I run, including the fleet behind Oh Dear ’s uptime checks, has the same set of debugging tools installed before anything goes wrong. Not because the application needs them, but because the one time you reach for strace is at 2am, the box is misbehaving, and apt install is the last thing you want to be doing while you work out what broke.

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