• tatterdemalion@programming.dev
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    10 days ago

    How do you know it was built irresponsibly without reading the code, which is something you should be doing when adopting a dependency anyway?

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      9 days ago

      See: data centers, noise and cooling.

      See also: intellectual property, theft of; infringement, copyright.

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        9 days ago

        You don’t know the direct impact of this project on data center usage because you haven’t observed the development process. And you don’t know whether it infringes on copyright because you haven’t read the code.