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Discussion on: 18 DevTools for productivity πŸš€

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Jakub Sarnowski

Didn't know about ngrok. It looks very useful! Thanks!

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jappyjan

Great alternative to be mentioned is localhost.run it’s actually just an ssh command forwarding your local traffic which results in not needing to install anything on your local machine.

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Jakub Sarnowski

Doesn't look to secure - their website doesn't even have a valid SSL certificate πŸ˜…

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jappyjan

LOL... it definitely was valid when I visited their site πŸ˜…

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🦁 Yvonnick FRIN

I use it a lot! It is really useful to share a local app when you are pair-programming remotely πŸ‘

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Jakob Attkinson

How does it work, more exactly?

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🦁 Yvonnick FRIN • Edited

ngrok http 3000 creates a tunnel on the port 3000 and expose it on an url. So you have to start your app on port 3000 then it is available to the url πŸŽ‰