Daily Shaarli

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June 12, 2023

A comprehensive study of bloated dependencies in the Maven ecosystem | SpringerLink

Very interesting study on dependencies. This is specific to the Maven ecosystem so too early to generalize the findings to other similar ecosystems. This indicates at least the difficulties of managing dependencies, especially the transitive ones. Also tries to define the "dependencies bloat" problem.

CLI tool to insert spacers in command output to provide visual markers of when things happened
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Interesting little tool, can come in handy.

Removing uncertainty: the tip of the iceberg
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Good piece on how to reduce uncertainty before something is built and ready to be in front of users. It starts with prototyping but goes all the way to feature flags and deployment

‘No regrets,’ says Edward Snowden, after 10 years in exile | Edward Snowden | The Guardian
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Things improved a bit... they also got worse in a way. This stays an ongoing fight for the years to come.