The one-line-before-merge rule that catches feature drift early and turns a free tool's changelog into a trust signal for returning users.
Every RAXXO tool ships with a changelog file that gets a line written before the code merges, not after
The rule is one sentence, plain language, no jargon, written for the person using the tool, not for me
It catches quiet feature drift long before a user has to ask what changed
A public changelog turns "trust me" into "check for yourself," which matters more than any feature list
The Day I Realized I Could Not Explain My Own Tool
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