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CORS On Localhost: The Ultimate Developer Betrayal
Webdev Networking Security Javascript Debugging
15 days ago 183.6K views 0 shares
CORS On Localhost: The Ultimate Developer Betrayal
When your API call ignores localhost and walks right by, but CORS swoops in like an overprotective parent saying "NOT SO FAST!" 🛑 The absolute betrayal of developing on localhost and still getting blocked by cross-origin restrictions is peak developer suffering. Your browser's just sitting there like "I know this API lives literally on the same machine, but rules are rules, buddy!"

The Visited Link Color Debate
Javascript Webdev Programming Frontend
5 months ago 149.3K views 0 shares
The Visited Link Color Debate
The eternal struggle between CSS and JavaScript in a nutshell! CSS knows with absolute certainty that links are purple after they've been visited (the :visited pseudo-class has traditionally defaulted to purple in browsers). Meanwhile, JavaScript is having an existential crisis thinking the link is blue, then questioning its own color perception abilities. Fun fact: JavaScript actually can't access the true styling of visited links for security reasons - browsers restrict this to prevent history sniffing attacks. So JS is literally colorblind when it comes to :visited links! Poor JavaScript, forever doomed to see unvisited styles only.

I Fear No Man... Except CORS Error
Webdev Networking Security Javascript Debugging
7 months ago 252.5K views 0 shares
I Fear No Man... Except CORS Error
The fearless warrior of code, unfazed by bugs, deadlines, or production incidents, suddenly trembles at the sight of a CORS error. That insidious beast that appears when your frontend tries to talk to an API on a different domain, and the server says "Nope, not authorized!" Even the bravest developers curl into a fetal position when faced with the dreaded Access-Control-Allow-Origin header issues. It's not the error that's scary—it's the rabbit hole of proxies, headers, and server configurations you're about to dive into for the next 3 hours.