Exercise 3: Confirming Zero Processing — Possible Solution ==================================================================== STEPS ------------------------------ 1. Note the exact byte size and contents of public/css/global.css directly on disk (e.g. via a text editor or `wc -c` in a terminal). 2. Fetch the same file as served by Express: curl http://localhost:3000/css/global.css 3. Compare the fetched output against the source file's own contents byte for byte. RESULT ------------------------------ The served content is character-for-character identical to the source file on disk - no minification, no added content-hash in the filename or headers beyond standard caching headers, no transformation of any kind. What's on disk is exactly what's served. WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER ------------------------------ It correctly compares the raw source file against the actual served response, and correctly confirms they're identical - concrete proof that express.static() performs genuinely zero processing, unlike Rails' own Propshaft, which at minimum fingerprints the filename for cache-busting purposes.