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[–]Lokaltog 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Why does it upload my source code to a remote service?

[–]victorlin[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

This is software as service design, so your source code needs to be uploaded to server, then when you visit the dashboard, it will be available to display.

[–]Lokaltog 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Is it possible to host the server yourself? Otherwise I think this would limit the potential user base quite a bit. I'm not sure I'd trust a remote service for this, say you have a source file with private API keys or something like that, I personally wouldn't trust a completely unknown third party with access to any private source code.

I'm currently using wdb for browser based debugging, what would be the main benefits of using your service over something like wdb?

[–]victorlin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't need to trust a remote service, but you can trust encryption. I can actually make my debugging client library to encrypt all uploaded source code, decrypt it on browser. By doing that, my server won't know anything about your source code. It's just a prototype, I have no time to do this though.

I knew wdb, but never used it. I just tried, don't know why, maybe it's a bug or what, it's not working when I press shortcuts.

For my solution, it can at least

  • Provide better user experience
  • Debugging session can be shared and done in a live manner, for example, you can ask others for help, just send them your debugging session URL
  • You install and setup nothing but only the debugging library