I used to think repositories with multiple packages were a niche feature (cargo workspaces in Rust, Lerna in JS), but they're really valuable for the ecosystem.
Large projects will naturally develop mature, reusable code. Making it easy to release their helpers is worthwhile.
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I'm still experimenting with patch display in difftastic.
The change to the imports are clearer in the patch mode, but the side-by-side mode does make the if/else changes more readable.
Patches are probably worthwhile anyway due to their machine readability.
I get a lot of value from tech/PL microblogging as @_wilfredh on Twitter, and often get interesting comments. I'm not sure how much the new CEO will affect that.
I also cross-post to https://mastodon.social/@wilfredh and have interesting discussions there too. Both are worthwhile today.
On the limits and perils of being data driven: https://twitchard.github.io/posts/2022-08-26-metrics-schmetrics.html
(Worthwhile improvements are often not amenable to A/B testing, and metrics can harm intrinsic motivation.)