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I am the author and used the phrase "Code review is a pretty good idea, in general" in the opening very specifically, because it used be one of the selling points listed on the Phabricator homepage. :) I miss it.


> Grab ahold of tasks, literally. Place them in confusing, new orders. Make a column just for interns! Ignore the backlog forever.

I swear the Herald selling points also had keeping tabs on the pesky interns, or something to that effect.


One of my favorites was something like:

> Phabricator is well received, and has raging reviews from users inside Facebook, such as "Mandatory" and "OK"

Also, Evan Priestley still uses the https://secure.phabricator.com instance to occasionally post life updates, so I check in on it.

Last I checked he was learning about PCB design and printing. I think he wanted to learn how to actually physically manufacture his own boards (e.g. etching your own conductive copper layers) and then he posted some update like "I'm not sure I'll go down this route, because it turns out you can send your design to PCBWay, and it will come back within 5 days, because there is a magical PCB Faucet somewhere in Shenzen apparently."

What a guy.


Every day I have to use Jira and GitHub instead of Phab is a rather painful day. Sadly those days are increasing.

Maybe one day I'll be able to use Gerrit (it sounds great), and then I can be only annoyed at Jira.




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