miniblog.

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.)