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1. ⠴Ninjatrappeur⠦ (ninjatrappeur@social.alternativebit.fr)'s status on Saturday, 21-Jan-2023 09:31:23 UTC ⠴Ninjatrappeur⠦

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   • Jencel Panic
   @abuseofnotation I had javascript in mind when writing this text.
   
   I don't think it's about things getting out of control, it's more about the fact the overall context and scope of OSS projects changes over time.
   
   Javascript went from a way to add a thin client-side interactive layer on webpages to be the de-facto VM running half* of the current client-side software.
   
   The language and the runtime had to evolve to fit the new context.
   
   Nix went from a PHD thesis to a full-blown Linux distribution getting some industrial and hobbyist traction in 20 years. The context also changed.
   
   *: made up the figure, don't quote me on that :D
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   • Jencel Panic (abuseofnotation@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Jan-2023 09:31:28 UTC Jencel Panic

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     @Ninjatrappeur I guess that's one of the consequences of using a complex language - at some point you decide to create a simpler one for something and it gets out of control (e.g. in JS world tools all builds are in JS)

   • Jencel Panic (abuseofnotation@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 21-Jan-2023 09:31:29 UTC Jencel Panic

     @Ninjatrappeur oh really, that happened again...