diff --git a/docs/scip-ruby/CONTRIBUTING.md b/docs/scip-ruby/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8f2208012d..dfc18f0974 100644
--- a/docs/scip-ruby/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/docs/scip-ruby/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ see the [Design Decisions doc][].
     - [Writing a new snapshot test](#writing-a-new-snapshot-test)
     - [Writing a new repo test](#writing-a-new-snapshot-test)
 - [Debugging](#debugging)
+  - [More readable stack traces](#more-readable-stack-traces)
   - [Debugging with print statements](#debugging-with-print-statements)
   - [Debugging with LLDB](#debugging-with-lldb)
   - [Debugging build issues](#debugging-build-issues)
@@ -205,6 +206,24 @@ file to include the relevant data.
 
 ## Debugging
 
+### More readable stack traces
+
+C++ stack traces can get pretty gnarly with text like:
+
+```c++
+std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char> >
+```
+
+instead of `std::string`.
+
+If you have a stack trace, run it through the simplification script.
+
+```
+./bazel-bin/main/scip-ruby <args> 2> >(./tools/scripts/simplify-cxx-fqns.py)
+```
+
+NOTE: The script requires [Comby](https://comby.dev/docs/get-started#install).
+
 ### Debugging with print statements
 
 So far, I've mostly been using print debugging
diff --git a/tools/scripts/comby-rewrites.toml b/tools/scripts/comby-rewrites.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a25b75a677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/scripts/comby-rewrites.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+[sorbet]
+match = 'sorbet:::[~(((core|realmain)::)?)]'
+rewrite = ''
+
+[std_string]
+match = 'std::__1::basic_string<char,...>'
+rewrite = 'string'
+
+[std_string_view]
+match = 'std::__1::basic_string_view<char,...>'
+rewrite = 'string_view'
+
+[std_utility]
+match = 'std::__1:::[name~(pair|tuple|optional)]<:[a]>'
+rewrite = 'name<:[a]>'
+
+[std_ptr]
+match = 'std::__1::shared_ptr'
+rewrite = 'shared_ptr'
+
+[std_vector]
+match = 'std::__1::vector<:[a],...>'
+rewrite = 'vector<:[a]>'
+
+# CAUTION: Patterns are run in alphabetical order, so use zzz to deprioritize this
+[std_zzz_1]
+match = 'std::__1::'
+rewrite = 'std::'
diff --git a/tools/scripts/simplify-cxx-fqns.py b/tools/scripts/simplify-cxx-fqns.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3d77aa7f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/scripts/simplify-cxx-fqns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Utility script to simplify fully-qualified symbol names in C++ stack traces.
+
+import logging
+import pathlib
+import os
+import subprocess as sp
+import sys
+
+# Why use comby instead of sed or backtracking regexes?
+#
+# 1. Comby handles < > balancing.
+# 2. Comby takes care of whitespace automatically.
+# 3. Comby patterns are quite readable
+
+def simplify(input: bytes) -> bytes:
+  config_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.joinpath('comby-rewrites.toml')
+  invocation = ['comby', '-lang', '.c', '-stdin', '-stdout', '-templates', str(config_path)]
+  comby_ret = sp.run(invocation, input=input, capture_output=True)
+  comby_ret.check_returncode()
+  return comby_ret.stdout
+
+def simplify_until_fixpoint(input: bytes) -> bytes:
+  output = simplify(input)
+  if output == input:
+    return output
+  return simplify_until_fixpoint(output)
+
+def default_main():
+  if sp.run(['comby', '--help'], stdout=sp.DEVNULL, stderr=sp.PIPE).returncode != 0:
+    logging.error('comby --help failed; is comby missing?')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+  if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == '--help':
+    print('Usage: ./my-binary <args> 2> >(./tools/scripts/simplify-cxx-fqns.py)')
+    return
+
+  input = sys.stdin.buffer.read()
+  output = simplify_until_fixpoint(input)
+  sys.stdout.buffer.write(output)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  default_main()