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by NonEUCitizen 2669 days ago
Requires a login to try. Should have non-login trial, or youtube video.
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Github login also requires a phone number, which is definitely something I'm not willing to enter.
Whaaa? Is that a new thing? I've never needed to supply my phone# to GitHub, and there's no # associated with my profile. Also, I agree with you in being a little hesitant to give it out and is precisely why I didn't go further than the sign-up page for coder.com.
Is it true? I don't recall github ever asking for a phone number when logging in
Maybe they mean Coder asks for the phone number when one logs in with Github.
This blog post at least has a few useful animations: https://coder.com/blog/coder-v0-2-providing-all-of-vs-code-i...