Brandon Konkle
Brandon Konkle

Principal Engineer, type system nerd, Rust enthusiast, supporter of social justice, loving husband & father, avid comic & manga reader, 日本語を勉強してる。

I’m a Software Architect with more than 15 years of experience creating high performance server and front-end applications targeting web and mobile platforms, & today I lead a team at Formidable Labs.

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Packagers don't know best

This was a really interesting read, and it reminded me of discussions we've had at Lincoln Loop recently about whether to check requirements into the repository or install them separately (with pip/virtualenv or npm or bower or whatever). I've always been in the install separately and add to gitignore if needed camp, but I understand the opposing viewpoint. There are definitely pros and cons.

It was originally shared by Ian Bicking:

I heartily agree. It is a little awkward though, you find yourself discouraging packagers from doing work, and yet they keep insisting.

Also reminds me of the weird obsession with /usr/lib vs /usr/share.

I’m a Software Architect with more than 15 years of experience creating high performance server and front-end applications targeting web and mobile platforms, & today I lead a team at Formidable Labs.

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