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The tragedy of running an old Node project

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272 pointsby abdisalan2 yıl önce403 comments

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abdisalan

7 ay öncediscuss

Looks nearly identical to Helvetica when I switch back and forth with inspector tool. Some letters are different and there’s some kerning changes but large parts look the same. at least to my untrained eye

abdisalan

2 yıl öncediscuss

You’re absolutely right. My rational brain agrees and chalks it up to poor project management. However… emotions run high when you have zero idea why something isn’t working and the process of elimination is pretty taxing. So the point for me is venting / maybe someone will read this and remember to write their node version down!

abdisalan

2 yıl öncediscuss

I’m curious, how do you measure the pulse of a project that old? Do people still talk about it? Or that not even necessary — use it until it breaks and otherwise don’t think about it?

abdisalan

2 yıl öncediscuss

Hold on, you had to do binary surgery using an OpenSSL version from an old box you had? I salute the dedication.

abdisalan

2 yıl öncediscuss

Wow, that’s honestly impressive.

If there was an option to guarantee versions could exist for X amount of years (maybe even months?) then that would greatly help the stability of projects.

abdisalan

3 yıl öncediscuss

Let's see:

  * uses a mix of sources from different years
  * a lot of guesses eg. arbitrary calculation with international students and Jewish SAT scores
  * Uses Mean SAT Scores nationally, not from Ivies
  * "This guaranteed to not unfairly over- or under-count any demographic" lol
  * Commentary makes conclusions about entrance based solely on SAT scores despite that not being anywhere near the full picture of an application

Calling B.S.

abdisalan

7 yıl öncediscuss

Or you could see it as man + (something) -- i.e. better than man. It really depends on how you take a normal word and assign an agenda to it.