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Jun 7, 2025 at 07:16
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One cute feature of markdown I'd not noticed before: there's no syntax for images *without* a description (i.e. alt text). ![a person](/wilfred.jpg)
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May 20, 2026 at 20:32
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What's the nicest way of doing clientside form validation without annoying the user? I keep finding forms that show red errors when I write 'wilfred@' for an email or '0' for a telephone number because I haven't finished inputting the value.
Apr 30, 2026 at 22:05
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Difftastic 0.69 is out! This is a pretty big release: * Semantically insignificant commas are now ignored * Difftastic now respects .gitattributes * Added assembly support and improved 13 other languages
Release 0.69.0 · Wilfred/difftastic
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Mar 16, 2026 at 23:57
I've released difftastic 0.68! A smaller update, but still worth upgrading: * Improved Bash, C, Go, Lua, Nix, Perl, Python, Rust, Scala, Swift and YAML parsing. * Minor display and git compatibility fixes.
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Release 0.68.0 · Wilfred/difftastic
Release 0.68.0 · Wilfred/difftastic
Difftastic is a structural diff tool that understands syntax. See the manual to get started, and the changelog for historical changes. Git Support Fixed an issue where git with difftastic would ter...