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One of the key aspects of VSCode is its ease of extension. So when it comes to debugging, this means users can either use the built-in debugging tools or install debugging extensions to add more features and make their debugging experience richer and more customized to their needs.

In this article, we will explore both approaches: debugging using the built-in tools, as well as using an external extension.

EKS, a widely used managed Kubernetes service, faces challenges in troubleshooting and maintaining applications due to the disconnect between development and production environments. Lightrun, a dynamic observability platform, addresses these issues by providing real-time insights and dynamic instrumentation capabilities, enabling developers to debug and monitor applications seamlessly in EKS clusters.

Serverless is pretty cool but native debugging has always been a burden for developers. In this article, I looked into a tool which makes it possible to debug AWS Lambda functions written in Node.js and Python runtimes live in production. To give just a bit more context, this VSCode plugin allows you to put a breakpoint in your Lambda code and get the stack trace without adding an overhead or breaking the full flow of the application.