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MattGaiser•1h ago

What do you find to be the issue with them? They are a bit unnaturally written, but seem to be servicable?

idontwantthis•23m ago

Is it because you know what you care about in the repo and it doesn’t?

al_borland•14m ago

My guess would be that it’s because it has the code, not the reasons why the code exists or how it might fit into the bigger picture.