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Software engineering 13 links 6 Hall · 7 Candidates Web & internet 3 links 2 Hall · 1 Candidates Security & privacy 2 links 2 Hall · 0 Candidates Computer science 1 link 1 Hall · 0 Candidates

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No_color
no-color.org Reference 6 submissions · 6 people · 6.0 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2025-10-03
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
466max pts
JSON API
jsonapi.org Reference 5 submissions · 4 people · 11.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2016-08-19
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
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RFC 3339 vs. ISO 8601
ijmacd.github.io Reference 4 submissions · 4 people · 4.1 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2025-09-07
Needs:5 submissions
514max pts
Keep a Changelog
keepachangelog.com Reference 6 submissions · 6 people · 6.9 years
Candidate Resurfaced 2018-07-28
Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart
275max pts