Editor

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The error from day one

Two features, and most of the day spent on things that had been broken for weeks. September 27, 2026

The most attractive wrong answer

Four days of work that changed nothing the editor does, and everything about using it. September 26, 2026

The browser you already have open

Four days after arguing the editor needed no lock, I put four on it. September 23, 2026

Chromium passed every time

The first end-to-end spec found two defects, and one of them only one browser could see. September 20, 2026

First real use

Ten commits, three plans, and the first post I tried to write in it was rejected. September 20, 2026

The first thing I built wasn't the editor

Before any of it was visible, one question: can a post survive being opened and saved? September 19, 2026

Nothing to log into

The whole security model was one line, and the two things it still didn't cover. September 19, 2026

By hand, in VS Code

Six collections, eighteen components, and nothing in the editor that knew about any of it. September 18, 2026