scripting
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5 years ago Update: They added me to the beta. I'll use this space to ask questions and share observations.
Open scripting opened 5 years ago
scripting
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5 years ago Update: They added me to the beta. I'll use this space to ask questions and share observations.
applemyer
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5 years ago Hi Dave. I'm not a developer but follow a few. Andre Staltz https://twitter.com/andrestaltz tweeted a few things that were wary of the Github package registry. As follows:
André Staltz @andrestaltz May 12
Which package manager solution would be the BEST in the long run? 21 replies 22 retweets 33 likes André Staltz @andrestaltz May 11
I mean, the very reason WHY we have a problem with npm is centralization.
For a long while npm itself was very friendly, we have absolutely no guarantees of friendliness with Microsoft in the future.
Wake up. 3 replies 11 retweets 69 likes Show this thread André Staltz @andrestaltz May 11
André Staltz Retweeted André Staltz
Getting tired of debating in my mentions about centralization.
Package managers is a great use case for decentralization, and so many things we depend on and appreciate are decentralized already: git itself, email, CPUs (wasn't always true, e.g. mainframes), GPUs, TCP/IP.
André Staltz added, André Staltz @andrestaltz With this, when GitHub is down you wouldn't be able to neither git pull nor npm install anymore.
11 replies 16 retweets 107 likes Show this thread André Staltz @andrestaltz May 11
André Staltz Retweeted GitHub
With this, when GitHub is down you wouldn't be able to neither git pull nor npm install anymore.
André Staltz added, GitHub Verified account @github Your code. Your packages. One login. Meet GitHub Package Registry 🎁
Publish public or private packages next to your…
Are you using GitHub Package Registry? If so, what's it like? What does it do beyond what NPM does? Do they do any interesting integrations? I hope to be able to access it soon, but for now, they haven't let me in.