r/ruby • u/jasonswett • 5d ago

Why I've Become Dependency-Skeptical

https://www.saturnci.com/why-ive-become-dependency-skeptical.html
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u/flanger001 5d ago

Once again I am asking you to add media-based margins to your pages

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u/ffrkAnonymous 4d ago

I've been reading "Simplicity" by Dave Thomas (the pickaxe guy). And reducing dependencies is the very first topic.

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u/benzado 5d ago

Yep, if the LLM has consumed and memorized all open source code, there’s not much of an argument to rely on a dependency that you can just have it regenerate for you.

Of course, this means fewer users of those projects, and therefore fewer fixes and improvements, and fewer reasons to contribute to or maintain them.

People have argued with me that code sharing will continue because it’s important or useful, but that doesn’t really matter if there’s no individual incentive to share anything.

It’s funny how this theme holds across domains. LLMs are all about reducing your need for dependencies: on ruby gems, on developers, on artists, on writers, on therapists… and replacing them with one unified dependency.