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[–] some@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

mumble is already the name of FLOSS voip software so they're probably better off with the existing name. Which I don't love on first glance but there's probably some rationale for it.

[–] some@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is there any specific reason to keep the docs in the wiki section? Vs markdown documents right in the wiki itself?

For my self I like to document in the code itself. It has one major benefit which is: I always know where the information is to be found. But there are some problems with it such as

  • creates conflicts when merging changes from another repo or branch

  • it makes the git history a lot messier because you have some commits on functional code and some on comments, all mixed up in a single document. I know with fancier git this could be tidier but I can't reliably work at such a high skill level

  • comments are not subject to syntax formatting so harder to read

  • source document itself becomes too long to read and hard to understand

  • extremely contextual to my skills and challenges at the time when I wrote the code; not what I will need to know in the future and not what others need to know

So not always the way to go.

[–] some@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

thanks I was wondering about that but forgot to specifically ask :)

[–] some@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

This is a case where both tools are invaluable.

The original find has much more comprehensive options. Of course it is extensively documented and you can find all kinds of information online about how it works and how to combine it with other tools to accomplish all kinds of tasks. And it's GPL which is always preferable.

fd has a narrower range of functionality but goddamned it really is faster. fd can run several searches on the whole hard drive's contents while find is struggling to get through just a single comparable search on the same set of files. For simple tasks, the cli usage for fd is less to remember and less to type.

If I had to choose, I'd stick with find because it can do everything, even if it's slower and more cumbersome. But luckily, don't have to choose, just have both and use them as appropriate.

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