Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1554arrow-down15
arrow-up1549arrow-down1external-linkTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·22 hours agoIt’s also when the scope of those projects could be accomplished by one person.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·14 hours agoThe original idea behind Unix was to have small tools doing very specific task and do it will. Then you could use shell to combine them together to do more advanced stuff.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·19 hours agoEven if projects could be solo efforts, it’s probably better to avoid the bus factor.
minus-squareBlueOysterCultist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-216 hours agoEven worse than bus factor, it’s really easy to compromise when no one double checks your work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor
minus-squareOaksey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoWhat’s your BGB Plan? (Big Green Bus, I guess you could alter for the colour of buses in your city)
It’s also when the scope of those projects could be accomplished by one person.
The original idea behind Unix was to have small tools doing very specific task and do it will.
Then you could use shell to combine them together to do more advanced stuff.
Even if projects could be solo efforts, it’s probably better to avoid the bus factor.
Even worse than bus factor, it’s really easy to compromise when no one double checks your work:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor
What’s your BGB Plan? (Big Green Bus, I guess you could alter for the colour of buses in your city)