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> many libraries don’t change much. If it worked three months ago odds are it still works. LOL when 3 months is considered a long time for a library to not bre
by brabel 5y ago
> many libraries don’t change much. If it worked three months ago odds are it still works.
LOL when 3 months is considered a long time for a library to not break users, you know something is messed up. I guess the author is referring to the JavaScript ecosystem.
As a Java/Lisp developer, I expect things to keep working essentially forever! Why the hell would they break users every 3 months?!
- spicyusername 5y agoThe unfortunate reality for some of these languages is that the ecosystem moves so fast seeing no git activity for more than a few months is a red flag to find another library. JavaScript is obviously the elephant in the room here. I usually guard myself against this by implementing more niche features myself rather than importing them through third party libraries that might get abandoned.
- cies 5y agoPin versions and it works forever in Elm too. It's not a really point in favour or against Elm, and the dep specification is good enough to tackle it. And "having no new versions" is not considered a good thing in my book.