THE VIDEO SHELF · debuggers
Twenty Minutes of Reasons to Use the RemedyBG Debugger
Casey Muratori gives a fast tour of the RemedyBG debugger for Windows, which he uses daily. He shows its speed and features, especially the watch window.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as a demonstration of what fast, well-built developer tooling looks like and of why a debugger beats print statements.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Molly Rocket
- Topic
- debuggers
- Format
- demo
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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A debugger like RemedyBG, but for linux and macos. Bonus points if you could use it for all the things, including but not limited to: WASM, javascript, android, and iOS. To clarify: I use Vim as a text editor. I use it for all of …
PainfullyNormal on Hacker News · 2022-05
In Ask HN: What developer tools would you like to see?Anyone frustrated with debuggers, check out RemedyBG [LINK] Insanely fast and capable debugger for Windows. [VIDEO] (I have no relation to the project, just think it's great)
vinyl7 on Hacker News · 2022-06
In “I think the vast majority of developers still debug using print() statements”> I start Visual Studio, which doesn't feel faster than Electron Well...Visual Studio is a part of the horribly written software collection. Here's an example of actually good software: [VIDEO]
vinyl7 on Hacker News · 2022-06
In Windows 95 in Electron
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