Written retrospectively for the 2007 archive.

Looking back at 2007, I’m thinking about what gets lost when the only copy of a project is the one on my computer right now. I can see the page as it is, but I may have no idea why a particular line was added.

A note beside a small change can answer that question later. “Made room for longer link labels” tells me what to check if I touch the menu again. It’s a modest thing to leave behind, and it’s the kind of detail I’m grateful to find when I come back to something.