☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to Programmer Humor · 3 years agoModern software infrastructure in a nutshellimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squareHMHlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 years agoDaniel Stenberg’s curl, Mark Adler’s zlib and perhaps Bram Moolenaar’s vim come to mind, AFAIK those are mostly one man shows. Do you have other perhaps better examples?
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoGuy maintaining GPG email tools is another good example.
minus-squarerelejekcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoSuch powerful code/tool yet such sad story of its created and maintainer. Couldnt any Foss foundation help them?
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoI think there might’ve been some community funding after the story, but I haven’t followed up in a while.
minus-squareAgreeableLandscapeMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoVery close to home since it’s what Lemmy uses: Actix. And we almost lost the head dev at one point, too.
minus-squarefreelylinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 years agoalsa-lib or crypto++ maybe? Not technically one person, but a majority of it is. Maybe a bit pedantic, but I don’t think Vim really applies since it’s not a lib.
Daniel Stenberg’s
curl, Mark Adler’szliband perhaps Bram Moolenaar’svimcome to mind, AFAIK those are mostly one man shows. Do you have other perhaps better examples?Guy maintaining GPG email tools is another good example.
Such powerful code/tool yet such sad story of its created and maintainer. Couldnt any Foss foundation help them?
I think there might’ve been some community funding after the story, but I haven’t followed up in a while.
Very close to home since it’s what Lemmy uses: Actix. And we almost lost the head dev at one point, too.
alsa-liborcrypto++maybe? Not technically one person, but a majority of it is.Maybe a bit pedantic, but I don’t think Vim really applies since it’s not a lib.