This Chrome trick will save you hours of debugging

As developers, we constantly strive to improve our workflows, especially when it comes to debugging web applications. Recently, I discovered a Chrome feature that has been a real game-changer, saving me tons of hours in the debugging process. In this article, I’ll walk you through how Chrome’s network overrides feature can transform the way you handle debugging.

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The common debugging dilemma

We’ve all been there: you receive an urgent call about a bug on your production environment that needs immediate fixing. The first step is to replicate the issue locally to understand what’s going wrong. However, if you have multiple environments (development, staging, production), the data differs across each, complicating the debugging process.

Connecting directly to the production database is rarely a good idea due to security concerns and the risk of inadvertently affecting live data. So, you proceed by trying to replicate…