Hacker News with Generative AI: Retrospectives

I Recreated Photoshop in C++ (f055.net)
As I’m getting older I look back on all the things I’ve done as a creative developer, and I see so many cool projects! But I never wrote down any development stories, and most of these projects, even as successful when released, got lost in time as years go by. That’s why I’m starting my new posts series „That time I” where I look back on my most interesting projects.
The Longest Journey – A Retrospective (2007) (rockpapershotgun.com)
A game that almost vanished.
A Retrospective on the Source Code Control System [pdf] (mrochkind.com)
Matrix-Libera IRC Bridge Temporary Shutdown, a Retrospective (2023) (libera.chat)
Some people have requested transparency into how Libera came to the conclusion that we needed to take the drastic action of requesting that Element Matrix Services (EMS) deactivate the portalling bouncer-like feature of the Matrix bridge and limit it to explicitly opted-in plumbed rooms, and then escalate to more serious action in requesting the bridge be disabled fully.