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The original post (not this OP) was clearly a response to Rich Hickey's talk "Simplicity Matters," which was given at a Ruby conference.[0] Particularly the pa
by gavinpc 10y ago
The original post (not this OP) was clearly a response to Rich Hickey's talk "Simplicity Matters," which was given at a Ruby conference.[0] Particularly the part about "1,000 gems," which Hickey calls "hairballs" in the talk. I've started calling all packages hairballs since watching that.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI8tNMsozo0&t=15m39s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI8tNMsozo0&t=15m39s
- askyourmother 10y agoTo be fair, given the quality of the code from most Rails developers, the gems are more like turds than hairballs.