Snippets

Given my penchant for minimal test cases and local applications, I sometimes run into situations where I can’t load external JavaScript files. Typically that’s because ESM is unsupported for file:// URIs or because I don’t wanna rely on additional assets for a Web Worker.

I’ve always liked Python’s defaultdict and occasionally find myself reimplementing it in other languages, notably JavaScript – typically for some kind of dynamic indexing.

I probably create dozens of HTML documents each month, usually for experiments or minimal test cases. Consequently, I’ve long maintained a carefully crafted HTML template, included below, which I typically reduce to only retain pieces that are strictly necessary (e.g. removing the external style sheet or .stack utility).