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  • Here is some context: https://kimdavies.com/being-exemplary
    by slipfold
  • This has rendered my usecase for example.org worthless. I used this website several times per week to clean my glasses as it provided a nearly completely white website - optimal for allowing me to spot smudges on my glasses. It is now black by default for me, or grey.

    I am devastated.

    by VVilhelmsen
  • > There is no requirement there is a HTTP service present on the host in order to fulfill its purpose, we just operate it as a courtesy.

    I guess this is also done to prevent bad actors from abusing the fact that this domain is hit by people who might not know what they're doing (the ones copy-pasting code without reading it)

    by zahrevsky
  • The page mentions example.com 14 times and not a single one is a link
    by adithyassekhar
  • Discussed here a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49915060
    by sea-gold
  • > there's a gradual opacity transition

    Looks like they removed this and instead just show all languages with no CSS animation now.

    by jamdav16
  • For the desperate people whose tests all just broke, I have a page on my public endpoint testing server that exactly reproduces the classic design: https://example.testserver.host/. You can just use update the URL and go back to blissful ignorance.

    Also open-source and self-hostable: https://github.com/httptoolkit/testserver. Lots of other endpoints too, full docs here: https://testserver.host/

    by pimterry
  • I'm wondering how many automated tests this change broke.

    Yes, I know it's not the example.com's fault, and it's a side effect of Hyrum's Law:

    > This is not a service, avoid relying on it for testing and monitoring purposes.

    Don't we all have a few fragile tests?

    by selcuka

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