Andrew NesbittMar 8
If It Quacks Like a Package Manager: https://nesbitt.io/2026/03/08/if-it-quacks-like-a-package-manager.html
If It Quacks Like a Package Manager

Some tools waddle like package managers without learning to swim.

Andrew Nesbitt
Show threadtomekwMar 8

@andrewnez great read, thanks! Now I have to evaluate how my new, cough, cough, package manager for #AdaLang fits all of what you have described

TL;DR manifest file is the lockfile, dependencies are immutable through checksums, but Iā€™m still in early stages so I probably missed tons of issues.

https://github.com/tomekw/tada

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Show threadAndrew Nesbitt
@tomekw I've also got this list of design tradeoffs that you might find interesting: https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/05/package-manager-tradeoffs.html
Package Manager Design Tradeoffs

Design tradeoffs in package managers

Andrew Nesbitt
Mar 8 at 3:50pmWeb
Show threadtomekwMar 8
@andrewnez thanks! šŸ‘€