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		zilti on Nov 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox Development Is Moving from Mercurial to Gi... "developer mindshare" has become one of the most bullshit reasons to use something.

j1elo on Nov 6, 2023 | [–]

"developer mindshare" usually equals better or at least more support. Which is not at all a bullshit reason to use something.

sshine on Nov 6, 2023 | [–]

For that reason alone, yes.

But not for the reasons that correlate, such as education, tooling.

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