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dockbar guide: assert zero backspace chars in the evaluated template; eyeballing the source does not work

John Lauer ·5cdd3db5af ·2mo ago ·parent b7d341b
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@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ build being served.   `\\w`), or build the page from a real template file instead of a literal. - **Verify against the SERVED BYTES, not the source**: fetch the page over HTTP and grep for   the intact pattern. The source file looked perfect; the wire did not.+- **Cheapest reliable check: evaluate the template, then assert ZERO `\x08` in the result.**+  Eyeballing the source does not work. pup was bitten by this a second time on 2026-08-24+  INSIDE THE COMMENT WARNING ABOUT IT, and the backspace-character assertion found it+  instantly where reading had not. - Spot-check the noun highlight visually: if your app's word is not teal in the prompt rows,   suspect this before anything else.