Show HN: We built a Gitlab plug-in to debug web apps quickly (opens in new tab)

The worst part of software engineering is trying to debug an existing system to understand why it’s not behaving the way people expect. And, it’s not about having to go on a call with product or QA. Because even then you don’t always know what to look for, or what to ask. So one call becomes 3 or 4, weeks go by, only to still find yourself staring at a vague issue ticket with no idea of what to do with it.

That’s why we built Jam, so that maybe debugging will be a little less terrible and you can get back to building what’s next a lot faster. Jam is a browser extension you can click to record your screen or replay a bug that just happened and it automatically includes console/network logs, browser info, repro steps, etc.

We want to make developers’ lives easier, not add extra steps to debugging— that’s what today’s launch is all about.

We just released a new integration using GitLab’s API, so that anyone can create GitLab issues, with all the details engineers need to debug auto-included. No need to switch tools, copy links, export anything… just click once, select the project and any other labels, and you’ll have a complete GitLab issue in your project tracker.

Excited for y’all to try it and let us know what you think. You can use code FRIENDSOFGITLAB to get $100 of Jam credits: jam.dev/gitlab