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I used Gists quite a lot for a while, then things like the TIL post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11068902 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11068902
by voltagex_ 11y ago
I used Gists quite a lot for a while, then things like the TIL post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11068902 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11068902) and http://samba.org/ftp/tridge/talks/junkcode.pdf http://samba.org/ftp/tridge/talks/junkcode.pdf made me realise that a lot of things are better off in full Git repos.
Maybe that says more about the Gist UI than anything else. I still think there's a chance for a Git-backed OneNote clone to really take off - if you hid Git away for normal users it would be really powerful.
I think some concept of scratch/temporary repositories might be better than a Gist-style thing, but Gist with a better UI might work too.