jeff 👨💻@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoWhat are some examples of xkcd 2347?xkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1221arrow-down1external-linkWhat are some examples of xkcd 2347?xkcd.comjeff 👨💻@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareepyon22@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI believe the nodejs fiasco is what prompted this comic?https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theregister.com/AMP/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/
minus-squaretruthy@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAMP-free url: https://www.theregister.com/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/
minus-squareBaldur Nil@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoAnother example is a large number of libraries using an external dependency to check if a number is odd.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI believe it was the OpenSSL-security scandal, iirc.
minus-squaredemosthenes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s possible leftpad was an example Randall was thinking of, but the date of the comic is Aug 17, 2020, more than 4 years after leftpad. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2347:_Dependency
I believe the nodejs fiasco is what prompted this comic?https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theregister.com/AMP/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/
AMP-free url: https://www.theregister.com/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/
Another example is a large number of libraries using an external dependency to check if a number is odd.
I believe it was the OpenSSL-security scandal, iirc.
It’s possible leftpad was an example Randall was thinking of, but the date of the comic is Aug 17, 2020, more than 4 years after leftpad.
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2347:_Dependency