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<h1 class="title">Smartparens is 5 years old today</h1>
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Five years ago I've published the <a href="https://github.com/Fuco1/smartparens/commit/cf39349e1966d20ce0c9f370d7310500d5da1637">first version</a> of Smartparens on
Github. To celebrate the occasion I've just released Smartparens
version <a href="https://github.com/Fuco1/smartparens/releases/tag/1.11.0">1.11.0</a> packed with new features, bug fixes and some
performance optimizations.
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This project has become a huge part of my life and evolved along with
me over the years. I have started working on it pretty much on the
day when I first started using Emacs. One can almost say that the
project was only born thanks to my ignorance of Emacs landscape—had
I known of paredit I would have probably never started, or maybe start
but a lot later and with different setup in mind.
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Today with over 350.000 downloads on MELPA it is one of the biggest
projects in Emacs land; and I'm aiming for the top! The ubiquity of
it still shocks me and every time I randomly read a blog post or an
article where someone mentions Smartparens it feels just like years
ago—a sense of deep appreciation and gratefulness, not only for the
kind words but also simply for the fact that I am able to do something
like this and can rightly call myself amazingly fortunate.
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I had no idea what I was doing but the response from the community was
amazing and very encouraging. One special shout out has to go to the
amazing <a href="http://batsov.com/">Bozhidar Batsov</a> who <a href="https://twitter.com/bbatsov/status/350889256048279553?lang=en">switched Prelude</a> to use Smartparens not
even half a year after I started the project. This was a huge deal
for the growth of the project with thousands of new users coming in
pretty much over night.
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This early success encouraged me to start other (Emacs) projects of
which I now have well over 50 and I have contributed to countless
others.
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Thanks also go to all the <a href="https://github.com/Fuco1/smartparens/graphs/contributors">contributors</a> who helped to move Smartparens
to where it is now; and also many others who reported issues and
provided suggestions for improvements. I can't name you all but your
efforts are much appreciated!
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I had pretty rough and packed year but I hope to get back on track
with the release schedule and start a more rapid release cycle.
Expect more goodies to come soon :)
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Thanks again and enjoy the new release everyone!
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<div style="text-align: left; float: left;">Published at: 2017-11-17 18:07 Last updated at: 2023-02-08 15:59</div>
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