Development
Debugging a hidden checkbox on Medium's real UI
A zero-sized invisible input behind a styled toggle, a disabled state that silently eats clicks, and verification against the live page instead of my own logs.
Dev Log
Building in public
Notes on the software, games, and music coming out of Imperfect Systems.
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A per-blog toggle, and when not to "fix" a bug
A boolean threaded through four layers, and three independent review passes agreeing on a finding I deliberately didn't fix - because the cache is the dedup mechanism.
Development
The playlist that already had the right name
A rename artifact, an API with no author field to update, and a device test proving the bug had already fixed itself - closed as accept-as-is.
Development
The scan that offered to import itself
An import scanner that found the app's own scaffolding, then re-offered a folder it had just imported - two versions of the same missing conversation between layers.
Development
The 8-second scan hiding in every refresh
Measuring on device found a whole-library scan running on every Discover batch - and a 16x measurement trap where the HTTP cache flattered the wrong path.
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