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you don't have time to recompile a software package but you do have time to read hackernews? is time the right word here?

• derefr 9y ago
  My job pays me units of money in exchange for a finite time per day spent dedicated to advancing their goals. There are more potential things to do for the company than fit into the time they pay me to spend; and I'm not going to work for free past that time just to fit all those things in. Therefore, I have to optimize—to choose which things are most worth the company's time. Compiling and configuring software packages are rather low on that list (which shouldn't be surprising, given that I'm a programmer, not an ops person.) I read HN on my own time.
  • bschwindHN 9y ago
    In the time it probably took you to type that comment, I compiled caddy from source. I've never even used it before, but in general Go programs are very easy to build.
    • shakna 9y ago
      > but in general Go programs are very easy to build. So long as you organise all your code according to GOPATH. You can't just compile it in your Downloads folder.
      • bschwindHN 9y ago
        Yes I think the GOPATH is bullshit but it's also not hard to move files from one directory to another.