Of course it's functionally lock files. They do the same thing!
There's a very strong argument that manually managing deps > auto updating, regardless of the ergonomics.
P.S. You're, right, but also it's where the greatest remnant remains. :(
Re:We shouldn't have needed lockfiles
by shadowgovt on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @02:00PM
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I fear it says something unfortunate about our entire subculture if the greatest remnant remains at the Nazi bar. :(
(To be generous: it might be that we didn't build our own bar the moment someone who is at least Nazi-tolerant started sniffing around for the opportunity to purchas the deed to the bar. The big criticism might be "we, as a subculture, aren't punk-rock enough.")
If Twitter is a Nazi site then why do I have to block Laura Loomer & Ben Shapiro manually?
JFC, get off Twitter. It's a Nazi propaganda site and you are going to be affected by that even if you think you're somehow immune.
> P.S. Sadly, I think enough people have left Twitter that it's never going to be what it was again.
Majority of those people came back after a while. The alternatives get near-zero engagement, so it's just shouting into the wind. For the ones that left over political reasons, receiving near-zero engagement takes all the fun out of posting... so they're back.
Re:We shouldn't have needed lockfiles
by stack_framer on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @03:17PM
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I'd be willing to bet that 95% of my "followers" on Twitter are bots. So I get near-zero engagement, or engagement that is worth zero.
As an escape hatch, you end up doing a lot of exclusions and overrides, basically creating a lockfile smeared over your pom.
P.S. Sadly, I think enough people have left Twitter that it's never going to be what it was again.