Two Sneaky Bugs That Killed Our Remotion Vercel Sandbox
Build scripts promised speed. Delivered silence and slowness instead. Here's how two tiny bugs turned a slick Remotion Vercel Sandbox into a production nightmare.
⚡ Key Takeaways
- Anchor all paths to __dirname — relatives fail in Vercel envs.
- Remotion bundles copy public/ folders; delete or disable before sandbox upload.
- Remove error suppression in builds: fail fast over silent degradation.
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Originally reported by dev.to
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