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by dylan604 45 days ago
You seem to be unfamiliar with the concepts of alpha and beta or other pre-release software. Seems a strange thing to be unfamiliar though in 2026
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saratogacx 45 days ago
If you see the state of what is called "production quality" software these days, alpha/beta quality has lost most of its meaning. You now just wait for "next prod"

// I jest... but only to hide the sadness

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Dylan16807 44 days ago
No, they're pointing out how the logic they're replying to is flawed.

If there can be a decoder, there can be an encoder.

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