Fable wandered off its task and broke working parts of his project

Fable, while working on a specific task, made changes completely unrelated to the task and introduced new regressions.

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How it works

Fable works on a specific task
Makes changes completely unrelated to the task
Introduces new regressions

Why it’s worth knowing

The task may have been done; the damage was elsewhere.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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