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Apple forgot to disable production source maps on the App Store web app (files.catbox.moe)

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[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 46 points 2 days ago

You’re supposed to disable source maps in prod?

Asking for a friend

[-] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 days ago

Just to save on wasted bandwidth for the client (and your server) is why I would disable them.

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

AFAIK, the source maps are only actually requested/downloaded when the user opens the dev tools. There’s no reason to have them automatically download for every visitor. The enable/disable simply toggles whether or not the request is accepted when the user opens the dev tools.

So if my understanding is correct, keeping it enabled wouldn’t really impact server load, unless lots of users are constantly using the dev tools.

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