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Hey, at Fork the Cookbook, we're doing just that right now! It's one of the primary reasons why we said Search is Hard [0]. And we're working hard on search.

We've also put a lot of time and effort into researching the licensing issues, as well as design issues: how to present certain things like diffs, and stuff. So if you like, you should check out Fork the Cookbook: http://forkthecookbook.com

[0] http://theforkingchef.com/post/40890655560/search-is-hard-pa...




From a quick browse, I don't see any way to view diffs?


Hey there, it's not a feature we've pushed out live yet. There is code to see diffs, but no on the public facing UI yet.

The reason is this: We don't want to aim at the tech crowd (which is why you haven't seen a Show HN from Fork the Cookbook). The tech crowd knows what diffs are. We're used to reading things that look like this:

    + def function(var1, var2):
    - def oldfunction(var1, var2):
But the public aren't used to reading stuff like this. What we're working on is a comprehensive way to explain what diffs are, and what it means. So we're back at square one, designing a representation that is human worthy.

It'll take time. Sorry


I'm working on something in a ___domain not dissimilar to recipes, so I'm always interested to see different diff presentations.


Tell you what, I'll let you know first thing when we have diffs ready to be presented to the public




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