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minus-squareAermis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·3 months agoDoes anyone know that story of some file or system that do many users rely on in their own infrastructure but it’s maintained by like 1 dude on his free time?
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoxz, a case-in-point example of one way things can go wrong.
minus-squareEx Nummis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoWhich one? I’m willing to bet there’s several.
minus-squarejbrjake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoPretty sure you’re thinking of tzdb, the time zone database: https://onezero.medium.com/the-largely-untold-story-of-how-one-guy-in-california-keeps-the-worlds-computers-on-the-right-time-a97a5493bf73 An adjacent and thematically resonant story is the volunteer effort that powers curl, which so many people use: https://thenewstack.io/the-world-runs-20-billion-instances-of-curl-wheres-the-support/
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoCURL got some kind of contract with several embedded hardware manufacturers, at least it’s financially stable.
Does anyone know that story of some file or system that do many users rely on in their own infrastructure but it’s maintained by like 1 dude on his free time?
xz, a case-in-point example of one way things can go wrong.
Which one? I’m willing to bet there’s several.
Pretty sure you’re thinking of tzdb, the time zone database: https://onezero.medium.com/the-largely-untold-story-of-how-one-guy-in-california-keeps-the-worlds-computers-on-the-right-time-a97a5493bf73
An adjacent and thematically resonant story is the volunteer effort that powers curl, which so many people use: https://thenewstack.io/the-world-runs-20-billion-instances-of-curl-wheres-the-support/
CURL got some kind of contract with several embedded hardware manufacturers, at least it’s financially stable.
Stardew valley?