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Twenty Minutes of Reasons to Use the RemedyBG Debugger

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Testing, debugging & developer tools

What it is

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 Hacker News recommends 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.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's Casey Muratori demonstrating all the way in which RemedyBG rocks.”

    Demonstrates RemedyBG's strengths.

    PainfullyNormal, 2022-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What developer tools would you like to see?”

  2. “Insanely fast and capable debugger for Windows.”

    Fast and capable debugger demo.

    vinyl7, 2022-06 · Strong recommendation · in ““I think the vast majority of developers still debug using print() statements””

  3. “From about 0:50 onwards he talks about the speed and feature set of the watch window”

    Explains why he switched to RemedyBG, watch window speed.

    fwlr, 2023-03 · Recommendation · in ““Clean Code, Horrible Performance” Discussion”

  4. “Take a look at "Twenty Minutes of Reasons to Use the RemedyBG Debugger"”

    Shows quickly formatted watch windows while stepping.

    dundarious, 2024-08 · Recommendation · in “Why You Should Learn Linux (As a Developer)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: remedybg, debugging, windows, casey muratori, developer tools

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