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Real examples here? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Friend who is not a software person sent me this tweet, which amused me as it did them. They asked if "runk" was real, which I assume not.

But what are some good examples of real ones like this? xz became famous for the hack of course, so i then read a bit about how important this compression algorithm is/was.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago (8 children)

left-pad was the first thing that came to mind for me

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_left-pad_incident

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Azer did nothing wrong.

Laurie Voss made a bad call and should feel bad.

The principals of free software was, is, and always will be more important than every single dollar in silicon valley combined.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

No arguments there, if you're gonna depend on a piece of code, you better own it or have a rock solid plan b.

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