https://rochanewton.github.io/tags/troubleshooting/Recent content in Troubleshooting on Newton RochaHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Newton RochaSat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://rochanewton.github.io/posts/claude-cert-09-troubleshooting-and-optimization/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://rochanewton.github.io/posts/claude-cert-09-troubleshooting-and-optimization/<h2 class="relative group">What this is about <div id="what-this-is-about" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#what-this-is-about" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Domain 7 of the <a href="https://anthropic-partners.skilljar.com/claude-certified-associate-foundations-certification" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Claude Certified Associate – Foundations</a> exam is <strong>Troubleshooting and Optimization</strong>. It&rsquo;s worth 10% — the lightest domain on the exam. But it&rsquo;s the one that closes the loop on the other six: everything from prompting to configuration to model selection eventually produces an output that underperforms, and this domain is the discipline of tracing that failure to its root cause, fixing it, and making sure the fix persists instead of getting re-discovered next week.</p>