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What are some examples of xkcd 2347? (xkcd.com)

submitted 3 years ago by jeff@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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I've heard people mention curl and imagemagick. Any others that you know about?

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[–] epyon22@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago (4 children)

I believe the nodejs fiasco is what prompted this comic?https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theregister.com/AMP/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/

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[–] balder1993@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago

Another example is a large number of libraries using an external dependency to check if a number is odd.

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago

I believe it was the OpenSSL-security scandal, iirc.

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[–] demosthenes@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

It's possible leftpad was an example Randall was thinking of, but the date of the comic is Aug 17, 2020, more than 4 years after leftpad.

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2347:_Dependency

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[–] truthy@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago

AMP-free url: https://www.theregister.com/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/

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