"summary":"Showdown version 1.0.0 was released almost 3 years ago, back in May 2015. Since then, it has seen a lot of improvements, with a boost to performance and a significant number of features now included in the core of the library. However, do to backwards compatibility constrains, we are still supporting a lot of legacy features, that prevent us from moving the software forward.\n\nWith that in mind, **it is time to start thinking about Showdown version 2.0.** For the next major release of Showdown we have planned a range of **significant changes and additions**."
"title":"Rewriting the parser: Challenges and opportunities",
"author":"Estevão Soares dos Santos",
"author_avatar":"img/avatars/tivie.jpg",
"date":"2018-09-25",
"language":"en",
"image":"blog/img/2018.09.25.jpg",
"summary":"There comes a time when tough (and exciting) choices need to be made. With a version 2.0 in the oven (and the exciting reverse parser already completed), it seemed an excellent opportunity for doing something that I wished for a long time: rewriting showdown's parser from scratch. But maybe that challenge was a lot more tough than I first anticipated!"
"summary":"I'm very happy to say that Patreon is Up! Check out the cool rewards I have planned for you. And there is also a surprise announcement regarding a new release..."