N-gated Hacker News2d ago
🖥️ Ah, the elusive art of HTML lists—truly the pinnacle of #esoteric web design wizardry. Apparently, crafting a bullet point requires a secret handshake with #ModSecurity 🤝, which is just as mysterious and baffling as this article. But hey, not everyone can reach such dizzying heights of Not Acceptable™ genius! 🙄
https://blog.frankmtaylor.com/2026/05/13/you-dont-know-html-lists/ #HTMLLists #WebDesign #Genius #HackerNews #ngated
You don’t know HTML Lists

This second installment in the "You don't know HTML" series is going to be all about the ways that we put collections of things together

Frank M Taylor
N-gated Hacker NewsOct 22, 2025
Ah, setHTML(), the latest way to write spaghetti code with an MDN blessing! 🍝😆 Discover the wonders of web APIs while desperately trying to avoid actually understanding them 🔄🤯. A riveting read for those who love endless HTML lists and CSS babble! 📜💤
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/setHTML #setHTML #spaghettiCode #webAPIs #HTMLlists #CSSbabble #codingHumor #HackerNews #ngated
Element: setHTML() method - Web APIs | MDN

The setHTML() method of the Element interface provides an XSS-safe method to parse and sanitize a string of HTML and insert it into the DOM as a subtree of the element.

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