Discourse's ability to summarise threads is very clever (e.g. http://t.co/BdiiTFIIui). It stops large discussion threads becoming unwieldy.
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Bootstrapping a language can be immensely satisfying.
I've added the ability to define stub types in the Garden stdlib and suddenly I don't need to special-case Int or String! They're just normal type declarations.
If you created a large, successful OSS project, would you want to be BDFL or move on after a period?
I see tradeoffs on both sides, although it's not a decision I've needed to make myself.
New version of difftastic is out! In this release:
* Improved git integration
* Polished the side-by-side display, particularly on large screens
* Fixed a nasty crash
https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/releases/tag/0.61.0