fix: source.unsplash.com/random was deprecated in 2024 (now 503s)#3
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example/src/App.tsxreferences the deprecatedsource.unsplash.com/randomendpoint, which Unsplash retired in mid-2024 and which now returns HTTP 503 instead of an image.Why this is needed
source.unsplash.com/randomwas deprecated by Unsplash in mid-2024 and the endpoint now returns HTTP 503 instead of an image. Browsers render a broken-image icon in place of the intended visual.Verify in any shell:
What this PR changes
Updates the example-app Stagger demo image URI so the stagger animation renders per-cell images again instead of broken-image placeholders.
Replacement details
picsum.photos's
/<W>x<H>path shape is compatible with the originalsource.unsplash.com/random/<W>x<H>shape (incl. the trailing/separator in this template literal). Usesseed/stagger-${index}so each item in the stagger gets a stable, distinct image.Background
I'm tracking the deprecated
source.unsplash.com/randomendpoint across public repos as part of tteg, a tiny CLI/HTTP API I built so projects can drop in real Unsplash photos without registering an Unsplash app or managing API keys. tteg isn't introduced as a dependency by this PR — the diff is dependency-freepicsum.photos. But if you want topic-matched real photos as a follow-up, the no-key HTTP API is athttps://tteg-api-53227342417.asia-south1.run.app/search?q=<query>&n=1(CORS-on, no auth).One extra artifact you may find handy: a public scanner at https://tteg.kushalsm.com/scan?url= that highlights this same broken-URL pattern in any landing page — useful for verifying the fix lands and for finding other places
source.unsplash.com/randomslipped in. Source: https://github.com/kiluazen/tteg-landing/blob/main/scan.html.Research note covering ~16,500 files across ~885 unique repos that still hotlink the deprecated endpoint: https://github.com/kiluazen/tteg/blob/research-note-autark/RESEARCH.md.