Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
0warn against
Dec 19, 2025first mention
Oct 18, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used forletting an agent debug instagram hdr uploadsagent browser debuggingediting template textinspecting requests

Why people recommend it

“I got impatient and just said fuck it and gave it chrome-devtools and a blank instagram account and a test photo, and it figured the whole thing out in about a half hour.”

“If I'm using something like figma or glean or playwright/chrome dev tools, plugin/skill/mcp - likely very useful.”

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“the chrome network tab really did everything I need in terms of inspecting requests / responses.”

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Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

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Who recommends it in their own words

All comments 4

“I got impatient and just said fuck it and gave it chrome-devtools and a blank instagram account and a test photo, and it figured the whole thing out in about a half hour.”

“If I'm using something like figma or glean or playwright/chrome dev tools, plugin/skill/mcp - likely very useful.”

“I used chrome devtools to edit the hero text and navbar and got instant results”

backend software engineer, amateur designeron “Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool w…”

“the chrome network tab really did everything I need in terms of inspecting requests / responses.”

switched from Charles Proxyon “Charles Proxy”

Threads where it came up

Data: chrome-devtools.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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