- A lack of software that you would actually want to use because that part of the ecosystem is already consumed by a project that doesn't really solve your problem but everyone will tell you to use instead.
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whatever is going on with sqlite
oh that’s simple. weird monastic order project accidentally holding up all modern infrastructure
i object to this one tbh:
useful libraries that you can look at every part of but are legally not allowed to use
if obeying the law (questionable except for code written for employment IMO), reading the code is usually also quite bad because the copyright can then still apply if you write your own version of it. or at least, the existence of blackboxing as a practice makes me believe this is a risk.
very good list tho very true
also that bullet point isn't even false i just would not want to rely on it in most scenarios where i'd want to read the code.