The vibe-coded README. And everything else. Do you think we are stupid?

it’s not static

It is static. Please stop, it's embarrassing.

You're absolutely right. Trust is the real challenge, and I'm just starting to earn it. That's why I keep everything open and plan to add checksum verification. I know it takes time. I'm in it for the long run.

Thats how it works in theory, but in practice it comes down to trust more than anything else.

Its more effort to read and validate your list than it is to just go and download the installer directly. So you need people to trust you.

It's open source. Anyone can audit it. You can create your own sources.list, but if you distribute it, you must open the code. Also, "wid info <package_name>" shows the exact URL it downloads from. Example: wid info llvm shows the official GitHub release link.

Sure, you might today, but tomorrow? How can anyone trust that you wont start serving malicious links?

I use official links and check versions.

Better is a wild claim.

You're right, gists do seem to update with the static url, however that isnt necessarily better, it now means your gist is effectively under your control, and you can replace the installers with malware packed ones. Operating a software repository/installer requires that people trust you, and that is basically impossible for a no-name dev with no history.

You ideally should be doing checksum checks as well.

I think you should use wid. I already use my own download tool. It's better than winget, choco, and ninite.

No, when I edit the gist, the URL doesn't change. There are 32 packages right now. I've just added Epic Games. I use GitHub Gist.

It's fine, your intention was right. I appreciate you standing up for someone else

Updating the gist gives a new URL no?

Actually, it's not static. I'm updating the package list.

Actually, I have a Gist for this that you can use. I update the Gist from time to time. In fact, the sources.list file can be customized specifically.

Some feedback:

let remote_url = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ZeSystem-Inc/20ddc1ac41d73c6033cee3b4a5ab1a85/raw";

You have effectively hardcoded the list of software you support, ideally you should be able to dynamically update the list, otherwise you have no way to revoke or update versions if required. And if its hardcoded, why bother network requesting for it, just build it into the binary. Would be a little larger binary, but even faster.

No dependency resolution – eliminates fragility.

Meaningless, there is no dependency resolution because thats done for you by the installers.

Written in Rust – memory-safe, zero-cost, ultra-fast.

The task you are doing is entirely IO bound, rusts performance is irrelevant.

I removed the original post.

FWIW, https://poison.madhouse-project.org/ is the iocaine demo host, it's equally garbage for all visitors, and is an endless maze of junk.

Feel free to send LLMs that way.

I didn't delete it. The admin removed it due to bot/LLM accusations. I spoke with the admin and resolved it. I'm not a bot. Since the original post was gone, I created a new one. I'm not hiding anything.

Come on, dude. You deleted the original post you made about this in /c/rust because you got so many people calling you out specifically for this, and you are recreating the post here in an attempt to whitewash and misdirect. Stop it.

Seriously, that sort of shit should be a ban-able offense.

Where is the evidence?

Where is the evidence?

Actually, my bad, you're totally in the right here. I'm sure this actually aligns pretty heavily with San's goals

Look at OP's history. It's an LLM that in some other post got entangled into writing limerics for commenters. I started looking for an publicly available iocaine instance but couldn't find any. So who knows, maybe sending that LLM after San might poison it just a little bit? Even if it would only be in the comment, that would still be a small win

I get where you're coming from. But my comment is not a jab at San

I want to explain what this is to my kids. Can you describe it in a way that Dr. Seuss would?