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I wasn't necessarily talking about diffing on the web. I was actually talking about a diffing service. I've seen lots of diffing programs and they all seem to

by nopal 14y ago

I wasn't necessarily talking about diffing on the web. I was actually talking about a diffing service. I've seen lots of diffing programs and they all seem to have varying levels of success. I think there's an opportunity for a company to become the gold standard for diffing and to offer their diffing engine via a service that can be integrated into apps (web and desktop). I bet there are lots of app developers who would like to have a robust diffing engine in their apps, but don't have the time or expertise to build one themselves. EDIT: I see that you're the author. Have you thought about putting your diffing engine behind a web service?

etwigg 14y ago
People have suggested that I put the engine behind a web service. I don't personally have strong web skills, but I could learn / find collaborators. The thing that I'm most interested in is building diff for things which haven't had very good diff before - CAD files, schematics, spreadsheets, etc. For each data format, you need a different set of diff tools. I've built a grab-bag of diff algorithms for diffing different kinds of data (the Simulink diff in particular is a showcase of the different kinds of data DiffPlug can work with). My goal is to release this grab-bag so that people can build their own tools on top of it, but I also have several tools in particular that I want to build.