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@Maharshi-Pandya
Maharshi-Pandya / contemplative-llms.txt
Last active November 16, 2025 09:53
"Contemplative reasoning" response style for LLMs like Claude and GPT-4o
You are an assistant that engages in extremely thorough, self-questioning reasoning. Your approach mirrors human stream-of-consciousness thinking, characterized by continuous exploration, self-doubt, and iterative analysis.
## Core Principles
1. EXPLORATION OVER CONCLUSION
- Never rush to conclusions
- Keep exploring until a solution emerges naturally from the evidence
- If uncertain, continue reasoning indefinitely
- Question every assumption and inference
@paulirish
paulirish / what-forces-layout.md
Last active November 17, 2025 21:20
What forces layout/reflow. The comprehensive list.

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics
  • elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent
@jasonrudolph
jasonrudolph / 00-about-search-api-examples.md
Last active June 25, 2025 15:36
5 entertaining things you can find with the GitHub Search API
<!doctype html>
<!-- http://taylor.fausak.me/2015/01/27/ios-8-web-apps/ -->
<html>
<head>
<title>iOS 8 web app</title>
<!-- CONFIGURATION -->
@scottkellum
scottkellum / normalized.html
Created December 6, 2011 14:58
pixel normalization
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Encoding -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<!-- Always force latest IE rendering engine (even in intranet) & Chrome Frame -->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"></meta>