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Re:The Concise TypeScript Book by Timon3 on Sunday January 11, 2026 @03:16PM (#46579548)
> For the same reason ReasonML took years to overtake fartscroll.js in the number of stars on GitHub.

Wow, that's a fascinating statistic! Certainly puts the popularity delta into a different light.

On a separate note, the fartscroll.js demo page[0] no longer works since code.onion.com is no longer accessible. Truly disappointing. Luckily their release zip contains an example.html!

[0]: https://theonion.github.io/fartscroll.js/

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Re:The Concise TypeScript Book by Tade0 on Sunday January 11, 2026 @04:27PM (#46580297)
Well, it was actually slightly less than two years:

https://www.star-history.com/#theonion/fartscroll.js&reasonm...

I remember the hype back when it was released, though. You don't hear much about it any more.

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Re:The Concise TypeScript Book by phplovesong on Monday January 12, 2026 @04:26AM (#46586057)
Is this a serious take? Do we now measure popularity based on github stars? Thats sort of like measuring how good software is by the amount of LOC.
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