Underrated tools for programmers - /g/ (#105791651) [Archived: 710 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/3/2025, 8:43:01 PM No.105791651
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Difftastic is syntax-aware and can produce an abstract diff by comparing the AST: https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic

Name some underrated tools for programmers.
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 9:34:58 PM No.105792127
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>>105791651 (OP)
You could just ask a fucking LLM
"Yo LLM my nigga, are these code files basically doing the same thing ?"

LLMNigger®: Yes my bro, it's the same shit.

Instead:
>code which looks beter than python but worse than C++ ...

...

I'm not feeling it...
Anonymous
7/3/2025, 9:53:36 PM No.105792308
>>105791651 (OP)
delta is superior, although you need to pass some opts like `--inspect-raw-lines=false` to maximize it usefulness. i would stop the spoon-feeding here. read the docs for more.
https://github.com/dandavison/delta
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Anonymous
7/3/2025, 9:59:22 PM No.105792360
>>105791651 (OP)
>>105792308
I feel like this should be unnecessary. Like for anything less than a significant refactor. It's pretty cool, though.