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[–] 7 points 2 months ago*

Ignoring my previous beef with PVS-Studio and the crappy AI-generated image...

I think the post is not entirely on the wrong track — dependencies can get pretty ridiculous, but some of the points he (or the AI?) makes are bizarre. I mean, recommending WinAPI over something "non-portable"? I guess there's always Wine, but I am genuinely curious about what crappy libraries he's using that are less portable than WinAPI. Also, you could argue most of the points he makes apply to code whether it's a library or not (for example, compiler compatibility and vulnerability patching). The best point he makes is the one about potential license changes, but even then, the example he gives is softfloat, which went from a hand-written permissive license to BSD, which if anything, made it more permissive.

My best guess is either it's a crappy AI-written article or his points only apply to whatever niche he specializes in.

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    [–] -1 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    That image says everything I need to know to ignore it.
    some ussr X < Y prop

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    Where did this image come from? I don't see it in the article.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

    I am still looking for the cited source of this USSR prop. Usually I take the time to do so, but Russian isn't a language I am familiar with. Bottom right has the watermark of the artist.

    I am using it as a rhetorical comparison: “people that compare their work as better than others generally do not try to comprehend the validities of another perspective.”

    Later I got curious to see if he makes his own website, to confirm my suspicion that he does indeed use third party libraries.

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