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Re:Vlt 1.0 and Hosted Package Registries on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @05:21PM (#49175358)
Appreciate the kind words! We're excited to keep supporting this ecosystem.
Re:Vlt 1.0 and Hosted Package Registries on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @05:19PM (#49175325)
Perf is highly nuanced but we've been doing realistic benchmarking for the ecosystem for almost a year now: https://benchmarks.vlt.sh/

We've got more improvements coming soon but we're a roughly ~10-40% faster registry then npm out-of-the-box. Compared to incumbent enterprise registries we're like ~3x.

Re:Vlt 1.0 and Hosted Package Registries on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @03:36PM (#49173853)
5s: save time & money

10s: vlt helps engineering teams build JavaScript software faster, reduce supply chain risk, and lower infrastructure costs (via. API perf / payload optimizations).

20s: If you've used npm for years & are just narrowly escaping the various malware attacks or are on the hook for running up CI/agent bills at work because cold installs are X percent of the time compared to your actual builds/runtime, then you should check us out.

22s: Also, <insert jFrog grumble>.

Re:Vlt 1.0 and Hosted Package Registries on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @03:29PM (#49173718)
This is coming imminently but appreciate the feedback & will push to get this landed here quickly. That said, our client does support OIDC publishing if your registry does so hopefully you'll still find value there as it's a major step up from legacy npm clients.
Re:Vlt 1.0 and Hosted Package Registries on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @02:42PM (#49173032)
Founder here - thanks for the vote of confidence! We've got a lot more in store.
Re:GitHub Profile Achievements on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @10:48AM (#36681782)
Half of these "achievements" are simply highlighting spam/abuse on the platform which goes relatively unchecked since it still equates to usage & drives up metrics.
Re:Github.com Is Down on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:14PM (#36524481)
Maybe putting all our open source in one place isn't a great idea >_>
OG author here: any sharing/retweets of my original post are much appreciated.

ref. https://twitter.com/darcy/status/1673749748338008083?t=H-Iy1...

Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:41AM (#17227142)
I was really hoping GitHub would focus on a IPO vs. acquisition. I honestly think we would be saying the same things about Google/Apple if they had decided to swoop in and make a deal here (so none of what I say is directed specifically at Microsoft).

I think the general consensus is that we want a new, independent org, that genuinely cares about OSS but has the mind to create/maintain a sustainable business model and ensure the long-term success of an OSS platforms is extremely important (and now we'll look to Gitlab and others for that).

Microsoft will, no doubt, have their fingers all over this platform in short order. It's what they're paying for; and it's an extremely smart move (EXTREMELY). Some of GitHubs product offerings have competitors within the Microsoft ecosystem already, which may spell bad times for those long-term. Atom directly competes with VSCode and it simply doesn't make sense to continue development of two, independent, IDEs. Electron utilizes Chromium under the hood, and I'd be hard pressed to thunk Microsoft wouldn't want to try and inject Edge/Chakra into that platform somehow.

It makes good business sense to consolidate efforts once a company is acquired. I give it, at most, 12-18 months before you start seeing major changes to both of those platforms that reflect Microsofts own interests.

Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:35PM (#15555706)
Have a +1 for being a good parent and letting her play however she wanted. Gotta love kids
Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America on Thursday September 07, 2017 @11:40AM (#15192853)
Totally! Space & cost might be the biggest issues or reasons against putting the HQ in #YYZ or #YVR; #YOW might be a great location.
Re:Amazon to Build Second HQ in North America on Thursday September 07, 2017 @10:59AM (#15192435)
Canada... 'nough said. If we don't do what we can to bring Amazon North then I have absolutely zero faith in our ability to ever take tech seriously beyond the wall. I don't care where the HQ ends up so long as it's on this side of the boarder. #YYZ (Toronto) #YVR (Vancouver) or, the most likely spot, #YGK (Kingston/Waterloo) are all great options. Talent could once again stay here instead of the decade(plus)-long brain-drain to the South.
Wait... is this the same person that also green-lit/signed-off on the Atari E.T. video game?
100% agree. Continuing to create division with gender or race biased events/groups doesn't seem helpful. The greater issue here is the disadvantaged at large. Why continue to divide our efforts in smaller niche segments? What's wrong with allowing anyone to join in on these sessions?

A lot of these groups, and their titles, just seem to further stigmatize the segments they're trying to help. True equality will only come when access to information and opportunity are available globally and without bias. Drawing lines in the sand isn't the way to go about change.

Re:Front-end Job Interview Questions on Friday February 10, 2012 @12:23PM (#3576581)
Having a sense of humour means bonus points

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