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Date Published
Author
Jason Laster
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538
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Summary

Over the past six months, the team has significantly enhanced the performance and reliability of their Replay tool, increasing the P50 Butter Score from 30 to 90, with 43% of replays starting in 15 seconds and resolving requests in under 2 seconds. Key improvements include parallelization with Turbo Replay, integration of low-level libraries like Snappy and Avro, and caching of expensive operations. While acknowledging that challenges remain, the focus is on further increasing the reliability of debugging sessions. The team is transitioning to Chrome for Mac and Windows, reimagining React DevTools, and exploring advanced features like assisted debugging and time-travel debugging, aiming to make these innovative solutions mainstream. Additionally, Replay is improving its blog platform and enhancing features like source maps and autocomplete suggestions, with the broader goal of making time-travel debugging a practical, everyday tool.