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New comment by confusedjs in "Supergiant.io – Container Platform for Stateful Applications"

confusedjs — Tue, 17 May 2016 19:12:56 +0000

I see him deploy one etcd container and claim he has deployed an etcd cluster. Is that a cluster of 1 or am I missing something?

New comment by confusedjs in "Show HN: Klart – Capture Anything (Pocket for Screenshots)"

confusedjs — Mon, 16 May 2016 13:00:40 +0000

In case you are not aware of this already: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bumba%20Klart

New comment by confusedjs in "WhatsApp Rolls Out End-To-End Encryption to Its Over 1B Users"

confusedjs — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:13:13 +0000

This is a bit weird. I don't believe WhatsApp are lying but there's absolutely no proof they're not.

I could release a closed source app with a bunch of padlocks in it and copy/paste their white paper and have exactly the same level of proof of security. Would I get a 7/10 from EFF?

New comment by confusedjs in "NPM and Left-Pad: Have We Forgotten How to Program?"

confusedjs — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:43:21 +0000

I'm not at all clear why this blog post is touted as evidence that the tiny modules approach is correct. I think it might be all the people after it congratulating him.

"It's all about containing complexity." - this completely ignores the complexity of maintaining dependencies. The more dependencies I have the more complicated my project is to maintain.

Dependencies are pieces of software managed by separate entities. They have bugs and need updates. It's hard to keep up to date.

When I update a piece of software I read the CHANGELOG, how am I expected to read the CHANGELOG for 1,000 packages?

Depending on a bigger package (handled by the same entities, who write one changelog, in the same form) is more straight forward.

I'm not saying this is wrong - but there's a balance here, and you must not ignore the complexity of increasing your number of dependencies. It does make things harder.

New comment by confusedjs in "Ask HN: Why do JavaScript developers favour many, tiny dependencies?"

confusedjs — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:25:04 +0000

Thanks, that's some interesting discussion

Ask HN: Why do JavaScript developers favour many, tiny dependencies?

confusedjs — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:41:00 +0000

The more I delve in to the world of Javascript the more I come across projects such as:

* is-root: https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-root

* is-even https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-even

Often these are whole npm modules that comprise of a single line of code.

I've never seen anything quite like it when working with Java and Python.

Can anyone explain why? It seems to me adding a dependency I have to suck across the network, that may introduce breaking changes (or just disappear) is something that shouldn't be taken lightly. Doing it for a single line of code (that realistically won't need to change anyway) is borderline insane.

Am I being too paranoid or am I missing something?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11151029

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