Ginger Bill personal blog
A critique of package managers
n.b. This is a written version of a dialogue from a YouTube video: 2 Language Creators vs 2 Idiots | The StandupPackage managers (for programming languages) are evil.11 The term “evil” is being used partially hyperbolic to make a point.To start, I need to make a few distinctions between concepts a lot of programmers…
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Software EngineeringTools & Productivity2025
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Sep 8, 2025 | A critique of package managers by gingerBill | 118 | 217 |
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