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The Undo/Redo Maze

Updated: Mar 18



Jennifer is working on a particularly challenging CSS layout for a responsive design. She's been toggling properties on and off, trying different flex configurations, and adjusting media queries for hours. As she makes progress on one screen size, another breaks. She undoes, then redoes, then undoes again, fingers constantly pressing Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y as she tries to navigate back to that brief moment when everything looked almost right. After an hour of this digital dance, she loses track of where she is in her undo history. Was the solution three undos ago, or five? Did she already try this particular combination of properties? Frustration mounts as she realizes she's now going in circles, trying solutions she's already attempted and rejected. Without a clear path forward, she considers scrapping everything and starting from scratch—a demoralizing prospect after investing so much time. Had Jennifer been using Xferro, each state of her CSS file would be preserved as a separate commit on a recovery branch, allowing her to visually browse through the evolution of her work. She could easily compare different approaches, identify the most promising solutions, and even merge elements from different attempts into a final version, turning a frustrating maze into a structured journey.

 
 
 

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