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dmoy on Sept 9, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why GitHub won

They're talking about Kythe

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Kythe

https://youtu.be/VYI3ji8aSM0?si=D3Z3FIsB8wa7MTE6

Think jump-to-def and listing cross references working with c++ aliases, across generated code boundaries, etc.

jiveturkey on Sept 11, 2024 [–]

> The entirety of the Google team working on Kythe was laid off in April 2024, as part of a company push to move certain roles overseas.

ouch just OUCH

dmoy on Sept 12, 2024 | [–]

Yea :(

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