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Ableist Language in Code: Sanity Check

Removing ableist language in code is important; it helps to create and maintain an environment that welcomes all developers of all backgrounds, while emphasizing that we as developers select the most articulate, precise, descriptive language we can rather than relying on metaphors. Quite simply, avoiding ableist language lets us make sure we are inclusive of all developers, while moving toward language that is simultaneously more acccessible to developers whose first language might not be our own.

The phrase sanity check is ableist, and unnecessarily references mental health in our code bases. It denotes that people with mental illnesses are inferior, wrong, or incorrect, and the phrase sanity continues to be used by employers and other individuals to discriminate against these people.

There are a ton of alternatives, and one of the best ways to select one is to ask yourself: What am I actually checking? and select something more descriptive. In everyday c

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	body {
	background-image:
	linear-gradient(45deg, #ccc 25%, transparent 25%),
	linear-gradient(135deg, #ccc 25%, transparent 25%),
	linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 75%, #ccc 75%),
	linear-gradient(135deg, transparent 75%, #ccc 75%);
	background-size:25px 25px; /* Must be a square */
	background-position:0 0, 12.5px 0, 12.5px -12.5px, 0px 12.5px; /* Must be half of one side of the square */
	}

	<?php
	/*
	Plugin Name: Tin Foil Hat Gravatars
	Description: Use Gravatars but don't use Gravatars. What? Shut up.
	Author: Jan Dembowski
	Author URI: https://blog.dembowski.net/
	Version: 0.7
	License: GPL2
	*/

	let index = ({title, name}) => `
	<h1>${title}</h1>
	${name ? `
	<h2>Hello, ${name}.</h2>
	`:`
	<a href="#">Log in here</a>
	`}

	<div>footer</div>
	`;

	/*
	* Replacing SVG strings in data-uri style situations
	* by Jakob Erikson -- https://github.com/jakob-e
	*
	* http://codepen.io/jakob-e/pen/doMoML
	*/

	// Function to replace characters in a string
	@function str-replace($string, $search, $replace: '') {
	$index: str-index($string, $search);

	"""
	This little program convert all the indented code blocks
	in a markdown file to a fenced code blocks style.
	It adds python language highlight argument by default.

	This program is argely inspired by the php gist made by tobice
	https://gist.github.com/tobice/1beab9616bb48e56ac1f1eb48c11dd97

	-p, --path : path to the file to convert
	-t, --type : change the language highlight for the code blocks

	const sortByOrder = require('./sort-by-order.js');

	module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
	eleventyConfig.addFilter('sortByOrder', sortByOrder);
	}