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by jamesfinlayson 58 days ago
Maybe I'm wrong but I suspect this might be partly due to the rise of Docker which makes attaching a debugger/profiler harder but also partly due to the existence of products like NewRelic which are like a hands-off version of a debugger and profiler.

I haven't used a debugger much at work for years because it's all Docker (I know it's possible but lots of hoops to jump through, plus my current job has everything in AWS i.e. no local dev).
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inglor_cz 57 days ago
On the other hand, I had to debug a PHP app in Docker using XDebug and it was mostly painless. Or, to be more precise, no more painful than debugging it on local Wamp/Xampp.
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jamesfinlayson 56 days ago
Oh I know it's doable - I remember a two people that I used to work with individually getting it working. Most people didn't seem to want to bother though.
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