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Re: Show HN: Codiff, a local diff review tool

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Codiff is faster and scales to larger commits than those.

You're seriously suggesting that an electron app you vibe coded in two days is more performant than native code that's been developed and improved and tweaked over literal decades?

Yes. It’s built on diffs.com and trees.software.

Re: Show HN: Codiff, a local diff review tool

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Is diff viewer the 2026 todo list? List of vibe coded alternatives: - revdiff: https://github.com/umputun/revdiff - hunk: https://github.com/modem-dev/hunk - diffnav: https://github.com/dlvhdr/diffnav - diffx: https://github.com/wong2/diffx - lumen: https://github.com/jnsahaj/lumen

4 of these are TUIs. I built Codiff specifically because TUI review became overwhelming to me. One of them is a web view, I prefer a native app window (it’s JS either way, ofc). Also, I never wasted time building todo apps. Now I can build apps that help me do my job that I wouldn’t have had the time for without AI.

Kids these days. Calling JS "native" makes my stomach ache, but apparently this is normal.

Re: Show HN: Codiff, a local diff review tool

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post #18

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4 of these are TUIs. I built Codiff specifically because TUI review became overwhelming to me. One of them is a web view, I prefer a native app window (it’s JS either way, ofc). Also, I never wasted time building todo apps. Now I can build apps that help me do my job that I wouldn’t have had the time for without AI.

Kids these days. Calling JS "native" makes my stomach ache, but apparently this is normal.

1. I’m older than you. 2. I said native app window, comparing it to a tool with a browser web ui.

Re: Show HN: Codiff, a local diff review tool

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post #15

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Codiff is faster and scales to larger commits than those.

You're seriously suggesting that an electron app you vibe coded in two days is more performant than native code that's been developed and improved and tweaked over literal decades?

there's a small directory tracking these — vibcod.dev. free to submit, each listing shows stack, models used, and a vibe-index score.

Re: Show HN: Codiff, a local diff review tool

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post #23

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Kids these days. Calling JS "native" makes my stomach ache, but apparently this is normal.

1. I’m older than you. 2. I said native app window , comparing it to a tool with a browser web ui.

1. Why are you saying that ? Looking at your LinkedIn I'd say you're in your 40s, so effectively younger, lucky you !

2. Still, JS in the app window is not what I call native, but I won't fight over this

Re: Show HN: Codiff, a local diff review tool

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1. I’m older than you. 2. I said native app window , comparing it to a tool with a browser web ui.

1. Why are you saying that ? Looking at your LinkedIn I'd say you're in your 40s, so effectively younger, lucky you ! 2. Still, JS in the app window is not what I call native, but I won't fight over this

1. I am not in my 40s, but I take it that I was wrong ;)
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