@charliermarsh: Are you allowed to make things hundreds of times faster? Does anyone know?
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Charlie Marsh (creator of Ruff) rhetorically asks if it's allowed to make things hundreds of times faster, likely referencing a major optimization in a software development tool.
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Are you allowed to make things hundreds of times faster? Does anyone know? https://t.co/PjGqUDqhtp
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