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title: On the reverse-chronological ordering of items
description: I pontificate on the merits and missteps of ordering items by their associated date in a fashion antiparallel to our logical conception of time.
tags: post,short
date: 2026-01-24 20:00:00 -5
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Reverse-chronological ordering is perfect for when you care about the relative order of things but want to see the latest stuff first.

they use it in the legal world i think.

the bit is that this is actually for testing reverse chron but i'm going to turn it into a little piece about reverse chron.
very little.
as little as possible actually