1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: executing an environment comprising application features and a registry containing registry entries associating names with corresponding application features, wherein one or more of the registry entries are associated with a dynamic pointer and a corresponding one of the application features; upon receiving a command to display a set of historical events related to the registry, generating a timeline comprising nodes positioned along the timeline according to a time of corresponding events, wherein one or more of the events comprise a modification to which of the application features the dynamic pointer corresponds or a modification of a value of the application feature with which the dynamic pointer corresponds; and causing display of the timeline.