I think there is much value in Gource visualizations. My remake was rooted in a vocal minority who expressed a few negative comments on my uploads saying they were useless. I suspect they were just frustrated that they were looking for docs/tutorials and only found my video, heh.
With the right options and extensions/augmentation, Gource is incredibly useful. Especially when slowed down and when you add custom tailored config for each repo. That takes time, but can be automated as well. Ooo, that sounds so much fun!! Issue titles, big refactor custom highlights / slow-downs. Have it right next to JSCity (or equivalent for non-JS), gitstats, and... What was that other tool... You know, the one that makes watching network traffic fun? Oh! Codeswarm? No... It was... I'll find it. It's like ping pong. Where is my AI side panel when I actually need info without leaving HN?? Ok bye.
Next time I spam the planet with Gource videos, I vow to do it more justice :cat-salute:
IIRC, there's another YT channel that took up the torch. I'm grateful they did. I know, they might seem a little spammy, and it can be frustrating when you Google for a repo and only find a mostly useless YT video of a Gource visualization. And yet, random devs used to email me with grateful messages every week. I felt like, in some microscopic way, I was doing good.
Yeah, I need to ponder and write on that. Hm. Well, this bubbly isn't going to drink itself.
I'll edit this comment into shape later. I'm on my phone at Hedwig's.
Love you to the random internet stranger who read this comment.
Love you to the person who posted this Gource link.
Love you to Andrew Caudwell, the creator of Gource. He seems like a good fellow, that Andrew Caudwell. Yes, quite so.