code_swarm
Over the weekend I've been playing a bit with code_swarm - which visualizes the history of commits in a software project. There reads : "A commit happens when a developer makes changes to the code or documents and transfers them into the central project repository. Both developers and files are represented as moving elements. When a developer commits a file, it lights up and flies towards that developer. Files are colored according to their purpose, such as whether they are source code or a document. If files or developers have not been active for a while, they will fade away."
I've run the tool on a few programs I've been involved with, and added some music track to the movies. Here are the results (click on each image to see the movie):
PHP
eZ Publish
Life Line
Updated 3 restaurants
I walked 3.1km in 29m25s
I walked 4.4km in 45m01s
I walked 5.4km in 55m28s
Updated a restaurant; Confirmed a hotel
I walked 6.3km in 1h12m59s
Paraphrasing opening keynote speaker at ConFoo: "Should we go back to the waterfall method of writing massive specs upfront to feed to AI coding agents?"
I walked 1.6km in 17m29s
I walked 2.1km in 17m44s
Updated a pub
I walked 2.6km in 26m41s
Merged pull request #1065
Comparison whether class is userland or internal used the wrong macro
PHP 8.6: zend_enum.h now mixes code with declarations
PHP 8.6: Argument names are now stored as zend_strings
Updated a bench and a waste_basket
I walked 8.3km in 1h25m37s
Created a recycling
I walked 10.5km in 1h46m57s
An interesting journey in story form, showing how English changed over time.
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
A much better writer than I is summing up perfectly why I have such disdain for Generative AI/LLMs.
https://jonn.substack.com/p/so-why-do-i-feel-so-angry-about-this
Created a waste_basket; Updated a waste_basket; Deleted a bench
Created a bench; Updated 7 benches and a gate; Deleted 2 benches and a gate
Created 10 benches and 2 waste_baskets; Updated an information


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