GitHub is hard to run and test locally
Dev tooling2 posts from 2 people2d active+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)Unverified
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The posts behind it
2, newest first| Post | Date | |
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| ...but trying to help kids manage a million accounts just to get some sample code is a nightmare. It mostly works unauthenticated but thanks to bots the limits are low and abrupt. Ironically getting AIs to just make up similar content is far easier! Anyway, I don’t want to pretend...Hacker News commentsschmichael | Hacker News commentsschmichael | Sep 25today |
| Access WSL tunnels from Agents web UI> I'm writing this comment because I see that this issue was renamed from **AgentHost: WSL and Dev Containers support** to **AgentHost: Dev Containers support**, and I'm not sure if I'm experiencing something unique or something that is already being tracked in another issue. My...microsoft/vscodechrmarti | microsoft/vscodechrmarti4 reactions, 1 replies | Sep 169 days ago |
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About this problem
Evidence
2 posts from 2 people in 2 places, about 1 a week over 10 days. Mostly on Hacker News comments, microsoft/vscode. Tools named alongside: VS Code.
Frustration Frustration 3 of 3· Seen on Hacker News, GitHub issues
How it was grouped
Posts that state a pain and match the "local-dev" rule about GitHub. First post Sep 16, 2026, latest Sep 25, 2026. Unverified: fewer than 3 posts, or one person or place only. Method
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History
- 2026-09-25 Added: GitHub is hard to run and test locally (2 posts)