Back in the day I got into a directory, ran `make` and I had the software that I needed.
These days I have to look into some Dockerfile, understand which CI is being used, that that weird YAML file is, how the software is compiled, which libraries/dependencies I need, so I can finally install that software.
And people keep telling me that we're in the golden age of software.
Golden age my ass.
@antranigv makefiles are extremely underrated, and many of the containerization, CI/CD, testing features might’ve been plain make targets/rules.
I compiled my BA thesis (written in Org mode, compiled to LaTeX via Emacs, stitched together with regular unix tools and then compiled with LaTeX toolchain)—all in plain makefiles less than 50 lines long!
Its golden bullshit to say the least.
... and FreeBSD Ports infrastructure masterpiece along with Poudriere are all free and tested.
Yes, world is a fucked up place recently ... and it does not seem to change in the near future.
Yep, I am trying to contribute to those - but definitely I am not the best contributor :)
I am not sure I am ready for Your answer :)
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