A new open-source project called gitcharts visualizes the evolution of GitHub repositories using 'sediment' charts, which track how lines of code change over time in layers. The charts can overlay version numbers for Python projects, helping correlate code changes with releases. The author suggests these charts can indicate project health — healthy projects show steady code growth without massive rewrites of past code. The project also aims to track the future impact of AI coding agents on codebases.
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