A super common comparison done by a developer is to see only the Apex changes done by that developer today , or in the last x days

Since the last changed dates on Apex (VF, triggers, components) is super reliable whereas it is useless on Custom Field/Workflow), the suggestion applies only to Apex or code-type changes

Gearset would fetch only those code items changed in the last x days, then present in the difference viewer the changes pre-sorted in descending date order

This feature would eliminate multiple clicks just to deploy a handful of recently-made code changes in the comparison source entity, assuming the comparison source entity is an org