If I release it, you won’t get the same experience I get

An author describes building jardiff, a custom diff tool for comparing build artifacts (directories, jars, json, and disassembled class files) while refactoring a Minecraft modding build pipeline. The piece pivots into a reflection on why the author refuses to package the tool as a standalone binary: because having the tool's source code open in the editor lets them splice in ad-hoc changes (like normalizing class file version numbers) far faster than building configuration flags or a DSL ever could. The author argues that compiling a tool into a binary freezes its behavior and creates a power imbalance between developer and user, and instead just shares two source files to copy and paste.

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