Ben Nadel • 2/9/2026

Adding Myers Diff To Share Link Snapshots In Big Sexy Poems

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The article details implementing the Myers Diff algorithm in a poetry web app (Big Sexy Poems) to create a side-by-side comparison view for share link snapshots. It covers adapting the algorithm from a single-column code diff to handle blocks of line changes in poetry, discussing challenges with granular word-level diffs and the solution of interleaving deletes and inserts for better visual comparison.

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