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+100 Another example to add to your list - the new AWS CLI v2: > don't force me to download a 30MB binary with embedded Python interpreter baked in, please ju
by whummer 5y ago
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Another example to add to your list - the new AWS CLI v2:
> don't force me to download a 30MB binary with embedded Python interpreter baked in, please just give us a pip package instead!
;)
- Sanguinaire 5y agoOr better yet, rewrite it in Go to avoid both the fat blob and python dependency management at the same time!
- whummer 5y agoTouché!
- chrsig 5y agoi mean, the go binary would still probably be a bit large, but having a statically linked binary to copy around would be welcome.
- onetom 5y agoOr put the API definitions into some database (sqlite, datascript + nodejs or babashka or nbb), then you can decide what http library or mocked http solution would you like to use, eg https://github.com/oliyh/martian https://github.com/oliyh/martian Most of the code is just a thin veneer over that information...
- ed_elliott_asc 5y agoI’ve been on both sides of this and some consumers are fine but some have no idea how to consume or initial setup is so broken, this is much easier
- whummer 5y agoRight, no doubt that some customers required fully packaged solutions. I guess it's generally hard to find the right balance, if you're catering to customers of different level of technical expertise/maturity. (Btw, the previous comment was in reference to: https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/issues/4947 https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/issues/4947)
- brentcetinich 5y agoaws cli v2 is such a sad story long live awscli1!