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Dev tools · April 6, 2019

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CoDiff, a new collaboration tool for developers

A recent HackerNews comment - “For one programmer's hourly cost, you could run 4000 CPU cores continuously. Can there really be no practical way to apply thousands of cores to boosting the programmer's productivity?” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19339467 This is what we have come up with. The current productivity tools - Slack, Asana, Trello, Facebook Workplace, etc. - are great, but lack direct access to your code. Building a tool directly around the code makes it more powerful for software developers: CoDiff. https://codiff.com The foundation of CoDiff is a…

CoDiff, a new collaboration tool for developers launched on April 6, 2019 with 26 votes, #868 of 3,128 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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CoDiff is a collaboration tool for software developers that provides live access to teammates' local Git repositories. It allows developers to view and discuss code changes in real-time, functioning like pulling up a chair next to a coworker. Unlike general productivity tools like Slack or Trello, CoDiff integrates directly with code, enabling teams to communicate more effectively about the work they are actively doing.

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A recent HackerNews comment - “For one programmer's hourly cost, you could run 4000 CPU cores continuously. Can there really be no practical way to apply thousands of cores to boosting the programmer's productivity?” https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19339467 This is what we have come up with. The…

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