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Cycling Theme Toggle: From Radio Group to Single Button

Replacing a three-button theme picker with a single cycling button and a keyboard shortcut reclaims nav space without losing discoverability.

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An 8-Second Timeout for Third-Party Iframes

An iframe that never loads looks like a broken page. An 8-second timeout and a direct booking link keep users moving instead of staring.

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Graceful Degradation for Third-Party Embeds

Adding a timeout-based fallback when a Calendly iframe gets blocked by ad blockers or network issues.

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Pause-on-Hover: Making Toast Notifications Respect the User

Adding aria-live regions and pause-on-hover to a Toast system. Screen readers and sighted users have conflicting timing needs.

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Documenting Design Tokens for Developer Experience

Documenting 100+ theme tokens for a Tailwind CSS 4 component library so developers pick semantic names instead of guessing gray values.

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