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Re:A pure JavaScript implementation of Git for Node and brow... by JustSomeNobody on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @02:48PM (#17085275)
> ... but there is chance it will be found...

Doesn't this completely ignore YAGNI?

Re:A pure JavaScript implementation of Git for Node and brow... by steveklabnik on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @04:13PM (#17086035)
It's often true that you're not gonna need fun, but that's not really the relevant metric.

That is, not every bit of software is created for business purposes, or with good software engineering principles, or anything else. Sometimes, you do things just because you can. Some might even call this "the hacker spirit".

Re:A pure JavaScript implementation of Git for Node and brow... by andai on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @03:02PM (#17085403)
It does, but so does almost all of mathematics :)
Re:A pure JavaScript implementation of Git for Node and brow... by krapp on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @09:42PM (#17088024)
We do what we must because we can.