Hi Zach :D
Modals are funny beasts, usually they are a design cop-out, but that's
okay, designers have to make trade-offs too, give 'em a break.
First things first, I'm not sure there is such thing as a "simple" modal
that is production ready. Certainly there have been times in my career I
tossed out other people's "overly complex solutions" because I simply
didn't understand the scope of the problem, and I have always loved it
when people who have a branch of experience that I don't take the time