Some of us are pretty ok.

You simply can’t get around LinkedIn, GitHub, YouTube, Medium, Substack and so on if you want to stay connected.

“Can’t”. 🤦‍♂️

“A tech guy” is an impressive understatement and I bet that’s his name badge.

You’re welcome, I guess.

FreeBSD jails are one of the most useful tools for this purpose.

Once again, BSD proves to be a superior solution.

Imagine if file weight corresponded to actual file size.

On spinning hard disks, it does.

Also true. Source: I am a programmer too.

I don’t know this guy, but despite his readily apparent technical knowledge, the dude really seems like he isn’t a good admin.

FWIW, just to avoid Dunning-Kruger and because I think you are mistaken here: jwz

I can only assume that he has rather hand-crafted scripted workflows though.

I think his reasoning about why not is rather understandable.

bash isn’t standard on most systems.

ln exists.

I keep them in a Fossil repository (with a few private log-in data stored in a SyncThing folder instead) and I just ln them where I need them.

Also, IRCv3 exists.

IRC is too difficult for normal people to figure out.

“Connect to any server you have ever heard of. Enjoy.”

Even Matrix is too complicated for most people.

The problem with Matrix is that its encryption technologies are FUBAR. Unencrypted rooms are slightly nicer to use than IRC channels. But then again: why?

Ah, quality IRC replacements.

This is a problem for all languages

More or less. Some repositories, like CPAN and Quicklisp, are curated with more caution than others.

This isn’t going to get any better unless we revert to OS based dependencies which noone wants to do because developers want the latest and greatest model.

A few operating systems (e.g. OpenBSD) do actually (try to) enforce using pkg for Perl dependencies, due to Perl being “system Perl” instead of “packaged Perl”.

lol JavaScript

It’s not

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