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snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
Hi, thank you so much for the kind words and thoughtful feedback, I really appreciate it! I’ll be sure to bring this to the team so we can explore how to improve things further.

Would you mind creating an issue for this page using the link below? It helps us track and prioritize updates more effectively: https://github.com/mdn/content/issues/new?template=page-repo...

We actively monitor feedback on GitHub, so if you have more detailed suggestions or broader ideas, feel free to start a conversation on GitHub Discussions → https://github.com/orgs/mdn/discussions

We’d love to hear more from you and identify areas we can improve together.

snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
Hi, I'm part of the MDN team. That doesn’t sound quite right, MDN has never replaced example links with AI-generated answers. While we’ve introduced an AI-powered helper to assist with common questions, it’s a supplementary tool, not part of our core documentation experience.

All MDN content remains human-written, maintained by our team and contributors, and based on real browser implementations. You can always view the source and track changes on our GitHub repository for content.

https://github.com/mdn/content

snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
Hey, we try to maintain attribution from our wiki setup, still. Our contributors are of the utmost importance to us, and if you can tell me about the page you contributed to, I can share more.

Here's a wikihistory for the lexical grammar page → https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
So happy we could make your childhood dreams come true! I will share your feedback with the team, for sure. <3
snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
Happy to share, sure. We have 12 full-time employees working on MDN and 3 freelancers.
snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
Thank you so much, we appreciate you too! <3
snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
Hey, I'm from the MDN team. Thank you for the compliment and the feedback, I really appreciate it! <3

I hear you on the complaints, I'll take this to the team. You might like this, in case you'd still like to learn building Firefox extensions → https://extensionworkshop.com/

snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
A community member made the mdn.io/array redirect, could be useful for you! ;)
snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
Thanks so much for sharing this — and for taking the time to raise those issues back then! <3

You're absolutely right that the old `mdn/sprints` repo is no longer the active channel for suggesting or discussing content changes. These days, we encourage folks to file issues directly in the mdn/content¹ GitHub repository. That’s where all our documentation now lives, and it’s actively maintained by MDN staff and contributors.

If you spot inaccuracies, outdated examples, or unclear distinctions on any page, we now have a way to report straight from the page, you can find this at the bottom of every page → "Report a problem with this content." Please feel free to open an issue² or even suggest edits directly via pull request. We also try to prioritize fixes based on how widely used or confusing a topic might be, so calling attention to edge cases or under-documented differences is genuinely helpful.

Let me know if you’d like help filing an issue or want to connect with the folks maintaining a specific area of the docs. We’d love to have you involved again!

¹ https://github.com/mdn/content ² https://github.com/mdn/content/issues/new/choose

snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
Hi, I'm part of the MDN team. Thank you so much for your feedback, I'll be sure to share this with the team, and we’ll explore how we can build on it further.

Re: “Who is this for?” Most of our reference pages are grounded in real-world browser implementations. Rather than documenting specs in isolation, we focus on features that have been implemented across browsers. We aim to present this information in a clear, neutral way, accessible to developers at any stage of their journey.

That said, we have expanded our efforts to create more learning-focused content, free resources designed to support new developers through a structured curriculum. Additionally, we’ve started publishing more in-depth guides on niche topics on our blog, which complements our core documentation but serves a slightly different purpose from what you mentioned.

snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
OpenWebDocs is a great partner of MDN! We celebrated this big milestone with them. <3

If you'd like to take a look at our partners page → https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about#our_partners

snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
Hi, I'm part of the MDN team, and you're absolutely right! We’re fortunate to have a wide network of contributors, contractors, and partners who help us keep MDN accurate and up to date. As an open-source project, we deeply value and appreciate the incredible support we receive in building and maintaining extensive MDN content.
snorlaxmorlax··on Celebrating 20 Years of MDN
Hi, I'm from of the MDN team. While the team was briefly scaled down to just two members and a few contractors, we've since grown significantly.

Today, MDN is supported by a thriving team of 15, comprising core staff, contractors, and a broad network of partners and contributors who generously share their expertise to keep MDN strong and up to date.

Our team → https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about#our_team

snorlaxmorlax··on How has MDN helped you? Share your stories
Hi, I'm the Community Manager at MDN!

MDN has turned 20 years old yesterday, I'm looking for stories about how MDN has helped you in your journey. <3

However small, big, I would love to share your stories with our team.

snorlaxmorlax··on MDN tool that tells you of security gaps in your website
ye, it's been posted several times by different people -— a pattern of discovery.
snorlaxmorlax··on Mozilla has relaunched HTTP Observatory under MDN
useful
snorlaxmorlax··on Principles for building and scaling feature flag systems
You definitely should! These questions are great, and could use some appropriate context for evaluation.
snorlaxmorlax··on Show HN: A self-hosted and open-source feature flags platform
QQ: Have you tried Unleash? Open-Source, and great for self-hosting.
snorlaxmorlax··on Show HN: A self-hosted and open-source feature flags platform
This pretty much looks like Unleash.

https://github.com/Unleash/unleash

snorlaxmorlax··on Understand Feature Flags by Practice with Unleash
I found this insightful piece that explores the benefits and best practices of utilizing feature flags, with a focus on Unleash, an Open Source feature flag platform.
snorlaxmorlax··on Single Tenancy in the Infra Layer
Unleash is a way to build the way you like using Open-source feature flags and self-host it, or in different regions on the nearest available truly private instance.

We create performant single tenant private instances near you, and let you dictate how you use your resources.

As you grow, we add resources dedicated to you. We build unique configurations for every customer, since we have built single tenancy in the infra layer.

snorlaxmorlax··on Microsoft is preparing to add ChatGPT to Bing
Turns out Elon Musk is not the only one who takes shitpost tweets seriously.
snorlaxmorlax··on How fateful?
I've often thought about it, but I'm not surprised that there is a way to figure it out with big tech involved.
snorlaxmorlax··on Unleash opens up Constraints for OSS Users
Super useful feature to AB test and roll out features to specific certain regions or a user group. This is amazing!
snorlaxmorlax··on New (LTE) Rotary Cell Phone [video]
This is why I am on the internet.
snorlaxmorlax··on How to build a personal webpage from scratch
A great place to start, a really good resource.