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Ever notice how some web sites put you into a sign up flow every time you try to log in?
I infer a company’s focus by how this works.
If they prioritize logging in, they’re focused on customers.
If they prioritize signing up, they’re focused on growth.
This also informs who won the internal arguments: people who care about users or people who care about sales.
I’ll take a company/service that’s focused on the existing relationship I already pay them to maintain, …

Ever notice how some web sites put you into a sign up flow every time you try to log in?
I infer a company’s focus by how this works.
If they prioritize logging in, they’re focused on customers.
If they prioritize signing up, they’re focused on growth.
This also informs who won the internal arguments: people who care about users or people who care about sales.
I’ll take a company/service that’s focused on the existing relationship I already pay them to maintain, …

You’d think that in 2024 you’d have an easier way to enter a true minus sign glyph (−) instead of a dash (-) in Linux.
And this isn’t just one for typography geeks either, it’s an accessibility issue.
Imagine you have a minus button in a web form. A screenreader would read it as a dash button unless you used the proper character. (The workaround, of course, is to use aria-label.)
#typography

first they build a wall, then they break a hole in it, and then they put up a sign about the hole:
> Since the techniques described in this section break down that isolation, they are inherently dangerous and should be used with great care.
context: https://

Share objects with page scripts - Mozilla | MDN
As the content scripts guide notes, content scripts don't see changes made to the DOM by scripts loaded by web pages. This means that, for example, if a web page loads a library like jQuery, content scripts won't be able to use it, and have to load their own copy. Conversely, scripts loaded by web pages can't see changes made by content scripts.

I just got back from 2 hours of cycling proficiency training - the first time I've ever had any kind of cycling lesson, unless you count my old friend Gwilym showing me the absolute basics when we were about 20.
Some reflections:
🕳️ I'm tired, but not crawling-in-a-hole tired. Hopefully this is a sign that my health is improving, but I'm not going to get cocky.
🚲 I definitely should have done this years ago. I didn't even know it was a thing until recently! I wouldn't have known to what look for ('adult cycling proficiency training').
🆓 These classes are fully funded, but the Cycling Scotland web site is baffling. You need to find and contact trainers directly - they have a page to search for classes, only there aren't any because they're usually arranged and delivered one to one.
🫧 Chris Gibson of Chris' Bike Repairs was my trainer. He was encouraging and informative. Can recommend.
💪🏻 I'll probably go back for a slightly more advanced session with more on navigating traffic, junctions and so on. He's offered to base this around my commute to work!
🚘 Sharing the road with cars is scary, but it's probably been worse because I've lacked confidence in how to deal with them.

There’s a special circle of hell for the “This file contains ambigious Unicode characters” overlay on @…
No, it doesn’t, it uses proper curly quotes and other typographically-correct punctuation in comments and strings.
Thought we’d fixed this in Forgejo but apparently not?
Really making me not want to link to my source code on Codeberg an…

app/examples/markdown-preview/index.page.js at parameter-objects
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