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There's no such thing as "done" software. Your view is incompatible with reality, I'm afraid. Yes, I did check whether ls was still actively being developed, s
by leadingthenet 8y ago
There's no such thing as "done" software. Your view is incompatible with reality, I'm afraid.
Yes, I did check whether ls was still actively being developed, saw that it wasn't doing anything new, and switched to exa, which is a fantastic little project, with sane defaults, less cruft, and greater speed. You can always improve software, some people just get bored of doing so, and then declare it "done". But it isn't, and it's never going to be.
- karimf 8y agoPaul Graham said he "finished" writing Hacker News 12 years ago. [0] This might even be more possible for "simpler" softwares. [0] https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1049723540902215681 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1049723540902215681
- krapp 8y agoHN and Arc are still being updated, though, just not by Paul Graham.
- IgorPartola 8y agoSo you are like Barney from How I Met Your Mother? “What’s my other other number one rule Ted? New is always better!” How many times can you update a URL parser or leftpad? Do you need to update them just to up your GitHub activity meter?
- freewilly1040 8y agoIs whatever benefit you see worth the hassle when sharing scripts or setting up servers?
- leadingthenet 8y agoIf you mean for exa specifically, then yes. It’s mostly compatible with ls. Never caused problems in years now.