I like the idea of using CSS variables for consistency.

Many years ago, before CSS variables were a thing, I did a very similar thing using a LESS function:

$zindices:
  hero-mobile,
  nav-bar,
  hero,
  nav-contents;

@function zindex($layer) {
  @return index($zindices, $layer);
}

Which would be used like:

z-index: zindex('hero'); 

The z-index value is just that string's position in the list.

The value of a z-index is... completely invalidated by a higher stacking context

Well given how many times I've tried z-index: 999999 and it didn't do what I wanted it to, the value of z-index is apparently multiplied by zero.

(OK fine, I'll read the article...)

Is it bent like that because you can bend stuff in the app?

I miss you

You did, my bad! Sorry!

$1 is way too much for “Contract With America”

I thought I saw the original post say "why," and then separately mention the outdoor living book.

I have a set of Windows NT4 books from my MCSE in the 90s I refuse to throw away. My wife hates them, but I still read WindowsNT Technical Support when I have insomnia. So many sleepless nights cured by that book

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They were talking about another book that's visible on the right side of your photo.

I still have a Macromedia T-shirt (swag at an event). And my book on Flash 3.

You can be like me and collect them for fun, but they are less fun to have to move.

Macromedia

“Before the dark times…”

You better have frames on that page homie

Hey, get those lowercase tags off my lawn!

Like, why did I want to get it? For nostalgia! I bet there's a bunch of tips in there about spacer gifs and how to handle differences between IE and Netscape.

Yes indeed, "Projects for Outdoor Living" sounds pretty interesting...

Many have forgotten the olde ways...

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The ancient texts of wisdom 🙏

That doesn't work here, the URL is https://lemire.me/blog/2026/02/21/%20how-fast-do-browsers-correct-utf-16-strings/ with a %20 in the middle :/

But I got the point and it's nice! :)

That /unsaved/{id} path with a unique server-assigned identifier means your diff content was transmitted to and stored on their servers.

Not necessarily. URLs can be changed client-side, within the browser, through JavaScript. The fact that the URL changed to unsaved alone is no proof. It could very well be browser-local, labeled unsaved and held in session store for example, ready to be saved.

With the other indications, you can of course make a guess and/or consider it a strong indication.

It should be pretty obvious/observable when observing interaction and network requests within the browser. A network request with the content as body would be much better proof.

It's in the name after all. 1 regex, 0 other stuff, and 1 com.

I have never understood how a dev can be comfortable pasting a valid jtw Auth token into a random website to decode it, when there are several very good cli tools that will do this for you locally, faster, and much more securely

Site 5: regex101.com — The Honorable Mention What it does: Regular expression testing and debugging Why it is different: regex101.com stands out as significantly more privacy-respecting than the others tested. Here is what they do right:

My boy regex101, sorry if I ever doubted you.

I love you