In a similar spirit to the “why does it have to be in Rust” question, R already has a robust ecosystem of people doing research and writing packages for the physical sciences, even hydrology. What does writing a whole new system in a new language offer that can’t be achieved with existing software?

Anyone have any good readings or discussions on what Google Play policies are being cited here as the major obstacle? Just curious to learn more.

Edit: 20 testers policy? Sounds onerous.

Respectfully disagree. I’ve been waking up to Chum Lair from the Sable video game OST for a couple years now. I wake up in a good mood because me and my girlfriend think it’s absolutely ridiculous and hilarious.

Changelog media is another good source to complement this rec. Longer form, as opposed to breaking news, conversations about many OSS related (and software development in general) topics. Some of their now defunct programs like Request For Commits were some of my favorites.

The reality is that virtually all widely used modern codebases contain at least some open source code (source).

Perhaps not in as much need as TIA, but I like the concept behind https://academictorrents.com/ and seed what I can

It serves a web GUI

VS Code Server