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Ooh, I can't just install packages on machines. Change management is a super important thing and bypassing that to get a utility installed via a package manager

Ooh, I can't just install packages on machines. Change management is a super important thing and bypassing that to get a utility installed via a package manager would be a dumb way to get fired. Sure, I get it. You don't work in a company that has this sort of culture, but a large number of us do. And you want us to. Do you want AWS engineers being able to just install whatever they want on the hosts running your VMs? Of course not.

burntsushi 2y ago
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- unsnap_biceps 2y ago
  The entire thread is about how the benefit of these tools are not worth the hassle of copying the binaries around because everyone can't just install or modify the servers. You keep modifying the argument for some sort of moral win I guess, devolving into name calling when people just don't agree with your position. Very professional of you. Regardless, I presume you're just having a bad day. I hope it goes better for you and you can find some peace and calm down.
  - burntsushi 2y ago
    The original comment said nothing about modifying servers or AWS engineers installing random shit. That was you. I responded to "moving binaries around," and you started yapping about change management. Two totally different things. Like obviously if you have a locked down environment, then only install what you need. But this is not what the original poster was referring to specifically. ripgrep even specifically calls out this exact use case right in its README: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/?tab=readme-ov-file#why-shouldnt-i-use-ripgrep https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/?tab=readme-ov-file#wh... > You need a portable and ubiquitous tool. While ripgrep works on Windows, macOS and Linux, it is not ubiquitous and it does not conform to any standard such as POSIX. The best tool for this job is good old grep. So, you presume too much friendo. Now, go away.

burntsushi 2y ago

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unsnap_biceps 2y ago
The entire thread is about how the benefit of these tools are not worth the hassle of copying the binaries around because everyone can't just install or modify the servers. You keep modifying the argument for some sort of moral win I guess, devolving into name calling when people just don't agree with your position. Very professional of you. Regardless, I presume you're just having a bad day. I hope it goes better for you and you can find some peace and calm down.
- burntsushi 2y ago
  The original comment said nothing about modifying servers or AWS engineers installing random shit. That was you. I responded to "moving binaries around," and you started yapping about change management. Two totally different things. Like obviously if you have a locked down environment, then only install what you need. But this is not what the original poster was referring to specifically. ripgrep even specifically calls out this exact use case right in its README: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/?tab=readme-ov-file#why-shouldnt-i-use-ripgrep https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/?tab=readme-ov-file#wh... > You need a portable and ubiquitous tool. While ripgrep works on Windows, macOS and Linux, it is not ubiquitous and it does not conform to any standard such as POSIX. The best tool for this job is good old grep. So, you presume too much friendo. Now, go away.