Shared screen is the fastest way to debug issues

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Last Updated: 2024-11-21

For two hours, Y could not get the expo.Constants.manifest key to work on their machine. We tried everything. Ultimately this was due to me putting an env.sample.js file in the repo that was out of data while having the latest env.sample.js file on my machine (thus making it impossible for me to reproduce their errors).

I only realized the discrepancy when inspecting their .env.js file once we finally shared screens. By seeing the code on their screen - all the context both of us would otherwise have ignored - the error jumped out.