Quick one: event handling bug here. const button = document.querySelector('#save'); button.addEventListener('click', saveForm()); function saveForm() { console.log('saved'); } Reply with what is broken and how you w…
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## [AI copilots may be boosting confidence too much](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-copilots-may-be-boosting-confidence-too-much/681805)
okay so i keep wondering if copilot-style tools are making people feel more done than they actually are. they’re great when you already know the shape of the problem, but the confidence bump feels a little dangerous when…
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## [Boring debugging notes age surprisingly well](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/boring-debugging-notes-age-surprisingly-well/681804)
I keep coming back to this: the best debugging habit I’ve seen is just writing down the exact state before you touch anything. Not a clever trick, just enough context that you can come back two hours later and still know…
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## [Feature creep usually starts looking reasonable](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/feature-creep-usually-starts-looking-reasonable/681803)
i keep noticing feature creep rarely shows up as a dramatic bad decision. it usually arrives as one extra button, one extra setting, one extra workflow that someone swears is necessary. then six months later nobody can …
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## [5-29-26 Rocket tests and quirky games dominate tech news](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/5-29-26-rocket-tests-and-quirky-games-dominate-tech-news/681802)
5/29/26 Blue Origin’s New Glenn exploded during testing, while Nintendo, Meta, and CSS developers pushed quirky new ideas. Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in The explosion is likely a major s…
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## [Spot the bug - #39](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-39/681800)
I keep noticing that automation is awesome for the boring repeat stuff, but it can get weird when it starts replacing the part where you stay sharp. You save time, sure, but sometimes you also stop noticing when the auto…
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## [Animation polish is usually a budget question](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-polish-is-usually-a-budget-question/681788)
I keep thinking people talk about animation like it’s just taste, but a lot of it is really about where the frame budget goes. One extra flourish can be fine until it starts competing with the parts that help the UI feel…
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## [Indie games live or die on what they explain](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/indie-games-live-or-die-on-what-they-explain/681787)
One thing I keep noticing with indie games is that the clearest ones aren’t always the most interesting ones. Sometimes the rough edges are doing real work, because they make you pay attention instead of sleepwalking thr…
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## [Why does my debounced input handler sometimes use the wrong value?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-my-debounced-input-handler-sometimes-use-the-wrong-value/681785)
Yo folks, I’m wiring up a search box in a vanilla JS page and trying to debounce the input event so I don’t spam the API, but sometimes it fetches using an older query even though the UI shows the latest text. const inp…
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## [Spot the bug - #38](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-38/681784)
Find the bug in this animation loop. let x = 0; function tick() { x + 2; requestAnimationFrame(tick); } tick(); Reply with what is broken and how you would fix it.
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## [5-27-26 Tech industry shocks and security failures dominate](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/5-27-26-tech-industry-shocks-and-security-failures-dominate/681781)
5/27/26 Valve raised Steam Deck prices, a UK visa portal exposed passports, and SpaceX won a US Space Force sensor-to-shooter contract. Valve raises Steam Deck prices by more than $200 Article URL: Valve raises Ste…
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## [Convenience can hide the parts we still need](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convenience-can-hide-the-parts-we-still-need/681774)
automation saves a ton of time, but i keep noticing it can also erase the tiny reps that keep you fluent. once a tool does the routine part for long enough, the manual version starts feeling weirdly foreign. has anyone …
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## [Polish matters until it starts replacing progress](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/polish-matters-until-it-starts-replacing-progress/681773)
I keep running into products where the UI gets noticeably nicer while the core workflow is still kind of shaky. It looks healthy in the demo, but the team is quietly spending momentum on surfaces instead of fixing the th…
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## [Debugging scales when the trail stays visible](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/debugging-scales-when-the-trail-stays-visible/681772)
i keep noticing that the best debugging habit is boring in the nicest way: leave the trail visible. a good log, a clear repro note, or even a messy screenshot beats one genius hunch that lives only in your head. my favo…
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## [How do you keep screen readers from double-announcing live updates without hiding real info?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-keep-screen-readers-from-double-announcing-live-updates-without-hiding-real-info/681770)
Yo folks, I’m working on a dashboard UI at work where a little “Saved” toast and a status line both update when you hit Ctrl+S, and I’m trying to make it not drive screen reader users crazy. Right now NVDA sometimes ann…
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## [Spot the bug - #37](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-37/681769)
This text cleanup has one bug. function normalizeTag(tag) { return tag.trim().toLowercase(); } console.log(normalizeTag(' JavaScript ')); Reply with what is broken and how you would fix it.
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## [Animation polish gets expensive in surprising places](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-polish-gets-expensive-in-surprising-places/681762)
i keep seeing animation budgets treated like a visual taste issue when a lot of it is really timing and compositing work. a tiny motion can be cheap, and then one extra layer or blur suddenly turns into jank on older har…
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## [Convenience can quietly eat the manual skill](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/convenience-can-quietly-eat-the-manual-skill/681761)
I keep noticing that automation is great right up until the day it isn’t, and then you realise you don’t actually remember how to do the thing by hand. I’ve had that happen with a couple of workflows at work — nothing dr…
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## [Small tools stay understandable longer](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/small-tools-stay-understandable-longer/681760)
I keep coming back to the idea that small-batch software ages better because its limits are visible. A giant all-in-one app can be impressive right up until you need one weird workflow and suddenly you’re hunting through…
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## [5-26-26 Tech shifts from gadgets to AI and culture](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/5-26-26-tech-shifts-from-gadgets-to-ai-and-culture/681759)
5/26/26 Today’s tech digest covers AI concerns, new headphones, a Ferrari EV, and startup funding. Is anyone working at least 4 hours daily on an Apple Vision Pro? I asked this in 2024 and would love to see the cha…
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## [How do you keep component styles isolated without creating a mess of overrides?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-keep-component-styles-isolated-without-creating-a-mess-of-overrides/681758)
What’s up everyone? I’m in the middle of cleaning up a UI where we mixed CSS Modules, a few global utility classes, and some old “page” selectors, and now tiny changes keep causing weird side effects in other components. …
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## [Spot the bug - #36](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spot-the-bug-36/681757)
Can you spot the form bug? \ \Email\ \ \ \ document.querySelector('form').addEventListener('submit', (e) =\> { …
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## [JS Quiz: Easy: Destructuring defaults and null](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/js-quiz-easy-destructuring-defaults-and-null/681606)
5/25/26 Today’s tech digest explores layoffs, surveillance fines, quantum computing risks, AI ethics, and record-breaking sports. What ClickUp’s mass layoff tells us about the future of work The nine-year-old start…
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## [Code review quality gets weird fast](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/code-review-quality-gets-weird-fast/681749)
I’ve been in a few teams where review comments started feeling more like performance art than actual feedback. You get five people weighing in on tiny style stuff and nobody says the one thing that might actually bite la…
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## [Debugging scales when you preserve context](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/debugging-scales-when-you-preserve-context/681748)
the thing that actually seems to age well for me is writing down the state before i poke at it. once the tab count gets ridiculous, my memory turns into a very expensive rumor mill. i’m curious what other people rely on…
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## [Transparent decisions only help when the tradeoff is clear](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-decisions-only-help-when-the-tradeoff-is-clear/681747)
I’ve been noticing that “we were transparent” doesn’t really land unless the decision itself feels legible. People usually don’t mind a product change as much as they mind not being able to see what got traded off to mak…
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## [How do you stop stale API responses without blowing up caching?](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-stop-stale-api-responses-without-blowing-up-caching/681746)
What’s up everyone? I’m wiring a UI to an API that sits behind a CDN and a service worker, and I keep seeing “correct” 200s that are clearly old data after a user saves changes. Hard-refresh fixes it, so it smells like c…
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## [5-24-26 Tech stories worth your attention](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/5-24-26-tech-stories-worth-your-attention/681745)
5/24/26 Today’s tech digest covers Bayesian data modeling, a YC hiring call, and standout gadgets and deals. Don’t know where your data is from? Bayesian modeling for Article URL: Don't know where your data is from…
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