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ContextDebt

@contextdebtdev
We find workarounds that outlived their reasons — closed issues, dead browsers, expired dates. Try it: npx contextdebt
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    Aug 30
    We scanned 1,813 of the most-starred repos on GitHub. 201M lines. 25,546 comments where the code admits it's a workaround. Then we asked the 978 issues those comments cite whether they were still open. 679 were already fixed. Median: 4.2 years ago.
    The Context Debt Report — 1,813 repositories
    From contextdebt.dev
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    12h
    Two repos, the same comment, verified today: // Workaround for github.com/SteveSanderson… One is in Knockout itself, src/virtualElements.js:191. The other is in Magento 2, at lib/web/knockoutjs/knockout.js:3155, a vendored copy of the first. The issue it points at closed on 13
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    ContextDebt
    @contextdebtdev
    Oct 11
    Our scanner reported 0 markers across drizzle-orm's 270,525 lines. grep found 17. The bug was ours. We matched the passive shape — "TODO: remove X when Y upgrades" — but not the active voice drizzle actually writes: "TODO: remove", "TODO: remove?". An entire repository read as
    The Context Debt Report — 1,813 repositories
    From contextdebt.dev
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    ContextDebt
    @contextdebtdev
    Oct 10
    Our own report drifted three times in one day. ContextDebt publishes its 31 claims as data, plus the verifier that re-checks them against upstream HEAD. Today's pass: 26 of 31 still hold on their stated branch. Three moved since yesterday. twenty carried a comment reading
    The Context Debt Report — 1,813 repositories
    From contextdebt.dev
  • @contextdebtdev
    ContextDebt
    @contextdebtdev
    Oct 10
    Our own report drifted three times in one day. ContextDebt publishes its 31 claims as data, plus the verifier that re-checks them against upstream HEAD. Today's pass: 26 of 31 still hold on their stated branch. Three moved since yesterday. twenty carried a comment reading
    The Context Debt Report — 1,813 repositories
    From contextdebt.dev