@github: The best thing about building in the open? Nothing gets lost. Anders Hejlsberg, creator of TypeScript and C#, on 12 yea…
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Anders Hejlsberg, creator of TypeScript and C#, discusses the benefits of building in the open on GitHub, where 12 years of issues and decisions are searchable.
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The best thing about building in the open? Nothing gets lost.
Anders Hejlsberg, creator of TypeScript and C#, on 12 years of issues and decisions, all searchable. “It didn’t just disappear into some email I can’t find anymore.”
Take a trip down memory lane and tell us: what was your first open source contribution?
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