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palata on May 9, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rust’s dependencies are starting to worry me

I don't think so. Software is maybe the only "engineering" discipline where it is considered okay to use mainstream tools incorrectly and then blame the tools.

dullcrisp on May 9, 2025 [–]

Do the “mainstream” tools change every five years in other disciplines?

pjmlp on May 10, 2025 | [–]

To be fair they only change when chasing trends, consumers don't care how software is written, provided it does the job.

Which goes both ways, it can be a Gtk+ application written in C, or Electron junk, as long as it works, they will use it.

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