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Day 1364

Nov 18, 2025
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I should write something on this site every once in awhile.

Okay, what’s been going on. Yesterday’s observation about variable scope and persistence has critical implications for interactivity in general.

A variable created inside a function won’t necessarily be available the next time the function is called. - Day 1363 (November 17, 2025)

In a minimalist fullpage, you’ll likely need the thing that works with all frameworks for features like navigation, lazy loading, or tracking which image is currently displayed. The observation warns that local variables reset between function calls—meaning if you create a variable inside your nextImage() function to track the current slide index, it won’t remember its value next time.

We have fixed that problem1.

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