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Effect visual debugger

Create a GUI for debugging complex Effect programs, showing the dependency graph and execution flow visually.

Why now

As Effect gains adoption, developers need better tools to understand complex effectful code.

Who for
Effect developers
Business model
Corporate licenses
Effort
A few months

Effect's powerful capabilities come with steep debugging challenges. Developers waste hours tracing why effects aren't running as expected.

A debugger that shows the complete effect graph, execution timeline, and intermediate states. Would integrate with Effect's tracing capabilities.

Effect teams would likely sponsor development. Enterprise users would pay for advanced features.

MVP: Basic visualization of effect chains from trace logs.

Risk: Niche audience within an already niche language.

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