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@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-01-27 18:42:03

from my link log —
The C-shaped hole in package management.
nesbitt.io/2026/01/27/the-c-sh
saved 2026-01-27

The C-Shaped Hole in Package Management
System package managers and language package managers are solving different problems that happen to overlap in the middle.

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-02-07 14:57:11

#ReleaseSaturday — This week I've been working on extracting, refactoring & generalizing the minimal column store database I've been using for my personal knowledge/media management toolset, and I'm happy to share it with the world now:

TypeScript code example from the package readme (too long for alt text, link to original: https://github.com/thi-ng/umbrella/tree/develop/packages/column-store#basic-usage)
@datascience@genomic.social
2025-12-30 11:00:00

The {conflicted} package makes sure that namespace conflicts are solved explicitly and prevents unpleasent surprises: #rstats

An Alternative Conflict Resolution Strategy
Rs default conflict management system gives the most recently loaded package precedence. This can make it hard to detect conflicts, particularly when they arise because a package update creates ambiguity that did not previously exist. conflicted' takes a different approach, making every conflict an error and forcing you to choose which function to use.

@ripienaar@devco.social
2026-01-28 21:03:05

Made a little STDIN -> STDOUT api for my config management tool for purpose of integration with other tools, DSL experimentatin etc.
echo '{
"protocol": "io.choria.ccm.v1.resource.ensure.request",
"type": "package",
"properties": {
"name": "htop",
"ensure": "present"
}
}' | ccm ensure api

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-01-31 12:42:01

from my link log —
GNU Recutils: a database management system using human-readable text files.
labs.tomasino.org/gnu-recutils/
saved 2020-01-26

GNU Recutils
Fred and George, Turtles in love There are hundreds of cool command line tools that have been made over the years built on the unix philosophy. Plain text is powerful, ubiquitous, and human-centric. It was also the only option for computing for quite a while. It’s no surprise that some of the most sophisticated tools are focused on it. One such package is GNU Recutils, a set of tools and libraries to access human-editable, plain text databases called recfiles.