What Drew DeVault thinks about software quality

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Free software developer, founder of SourceHut, and creator of the sway window manager, the aerc mail client and the Hare programming language. He has worked full time on free and open source software since around 2018, first on donations and then through his company, and writes at drewdevault.com.

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1. 16 Nov 2021

   Our readingAdding a dependency is a serious commitment requiring an audit and continued re-auditing, and the usual practice of not doing so is reckless.

   Their wordsAdding a dependency is a serious decision which requires consensus within the team, an audit of the new dependency, an understanding of its health and long-term prospects, and an ongoing commitment to re-audit them and be prepared to change course as necessary.

   ↗I will pay you cash to delete your npm moduledrewdevault.com