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That seems like more of a mess than just "messing with the hosts file." What happens when your ip changes and none of your links work correctly?
by unfamiliar 12y ago
That seems like more of a mess than just "messing with the hosts file." What happens when your ip changes and none of your links work correctly?
- tomjakubowski 12y agoIt is generally more difficult to edit a hosts file on a phone or tablet or on your non-technical coworker's computer. xip.io is useful for these situations. And if your IP address changes, surely it is more of a pain to edit the hosts file again on these several other phones/tablets/computers than to just send a new link.
- unfamiliar 12y ago>And if your IP address changes, surely it is more of a pain to edit the hosts file again You wouldn't need to edit the hosts file, since your made up domain would just point to 127.0.0.1
- slig 12y agoThis hack is for development only i.e, testing something on your phone that is hosted on your dev machine, all inside your local network.