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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by pmontra on Thursday October 12, 2023 @04:27AM (#37854759)
> Now we need app developers to log off their fiber-served wifi when writing messenger apps

or also any web app.

In a Rails app I recently started working on for a customer I saw many controller actions starting with a call to a method called simulate_delay_for_development. I checked the code and when run in development mode it basically sleeps for a random value between 0.1 and 3.0 seconds.

I'm sure that there are gems for that or proxy servers sitting between the browser and the server, but it's a cheap and effective way to make every developer experience delays with zero installation costs.

Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by helb on Thursday October 12, 2023 @04:35AM (#37854801)
Browsers can simulate that without a proxy too: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/networ...

Chrome can also throttle the CPU power: https://www.wikihow.com/Throttle-Your-Browser-for-Testing