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Is this why when I'm on Etsy, some obscure, niche item that I'm looking at will always say "13 people have this in their carts right now"? Etsy doesn't seem like the type to me, or maybe that code is just flawed

They actually allow you to turn off stories in settings, and that entire tab will just disappear. You have to respect that!

When the company I worked for was in the process of being acquired, our codebase was frozen as well. I'm pretty sure this is just standard practice, no?

I use DDG not for any concern over privacy, but because the developer tools and results are so nice. !bangs are also excellent and a huge timesaver

`! mdn window.postMessage` .. so easy!

> It seems like many of the variables are given names that are not descriptive at all to make it a bit more difficult to read.

The code is just minimized for prod..

The article as written makes it sound like the developer(s) intentionally wrote their code cryptically, whereas minimization for deployment is fairly standard practice

If you don't mind my asking, what could be improved? I work in engineering but would like to send the feedback over to our customer support team.

Unfortunately, a large portion of HelloSign's customer support team was affected by a reduction in force earlier this year, because Dropbox didn't want to pay salaries for support staff in high cost of labor areas, like San Francisco.

Or even IP firewall? Hell, our admin panel can't be accessed outside of our physical office, save for VPN.

You're not wrong, and maybe "hostile architecture" like this is cruel, but damn if I owned a business and I had homeless people setting up tents or loitering outside my door every night I'd probably find a way to stop it too. Spikes are a cheap and easy-to-deploy deterrent.

In a similar vein, I volunteer with a pigeon and dove rescue organization, and it's no secret that businesses install spikes on eaves and ledges to deter birds too. Although it always makes me sad to see them, I can understand and appreciate why they do it.

I use "&&" as the shortcut for for my address, "@@" for my email, and "##" for my phone

For my work address, email, and phone, I just append "w"