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Dev tools · January 1, 2021

Slowbug

Debug your code in slow-mo!

Slowbug launched on January 1, 2021 with 78 votes, #536 of 3,157 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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What it does

Slowbug is a VS Code extension for debugging your code in slow-mo! Slowbug makes it possible to see how the control flows through the code by running it slowly, at your preferred speed, line by line. I find it handy when working on a new codebase.

Slowbug is a VS Code extension for debugging your code in slow-mo! - postmalloc/slowbug

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