- A bug in Medium prevented Polish users from typing the letter 'Ś' due to a conflict with the Ctrl+S save shortcut.
- Poland lacked localized keyboards during the Communist era, leading to a 'programmer's layout' using Right Alt for diacritics.
- Right Alt is internally mapped to Ctrl+Alt in Windows, causing Ctrl+Alt+S to trigger the blocked Ctrl+S save handler.
- The fix involved modifying the save shortcut handler to block Ctrl+S only when Alt is not pressed.
- The story reflects broader issues of English-centric computing conventions affecting other languages.