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roadrunner_exto Programming@programming.dev•What is the deal with Yarn in a nutshell?English13·4 months agoSo, there are a lot of words in the post that I’m not familiar with (LoRA, Oobabooga, CivitAI). However, I think those are details about the actual library or package you’re looking at, so I will not touch any of that.
I can strict answer the question “what is Yarn?”
Long story short, it’s a direct “competitor” to NPM (Node Package Manager). In the earlier days of Node and NPM, Yarn was an attempt to improve certain weaknesses perceived in NPM (including speed and security). Yarn is still used in many codebases, but it’s become less popular over the years as NPM has resolved many of the things that Yarn sought to fix. Also, Yarn version 2 made a major design change which some have viewed as too radical (though I’m unclear on the details as I’ve only dabbled in v2).
Reboot
It may not be the answer I gave at the time, but it’s the best balance now of “liked it as a kid” and “like it as an adult”
roadrunner_exto Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•It's 2025 now, what are the games you'll be starting the year with?English4·4 months agoI am a few hours into Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The first couple hours were unfortunately spent troubleshooting, so my overall impression is less good than Human Revolution, but now I’m picking up good speed on it.
roadrunner_exto Programming@programming.dev•Collection of insane and fun facts about SQLiteEnglish1·4 months agoYou’re right, that’s a distinction I failed to make
roadrunner_exto Programming@programming.dev•Collection of insane and fun facts about SQLiteEnglish24·4 months agoI get it…I’ve never been the maintainer of a codebase that’s deployed on trillions of devices, and backwards compatibility is something to be taken seriously and responsibly when you’re that prolific. I do not begrudge SQLite or any large projects when they make decisions in service to that.
However
It always makes me feel oddly icky when known bugs (particularly of the footgun variety) become the new standard that the project intentionally upholds.
So, I will start by saying “Yes, you can do it. It’s not too late and programming is fun and fulfilling”.
However! One thing my experience has taught me in seeing people approach and bounce off programming is: programming is a fail-til-you-get-it type of endeavour. Your first several years will be littered with broken code, because there are a thousand little things you have to bump up against before you unlock one more puzzle piece.
So! If you go for it, persevere! You aren’t a bad programmer, or a slow learner, because you can’t get your code to work. Every single one of us ran into the same issue, and we just had to push through, learn to Google, and try again until it sorta-kinda works. You in 10 years will be embarrassed by what you write in your first years
roadrunner_exto Ask Me Anything•I live in a mountain village of 144 people and am new to Lemmy, AMAEnglish3·5 months agoWelcome to Lemay! Enjoy your stay 😛
What portion of your village work IN or NEAR your village? Or is it a very commute-heavy work life?
Current favourite from the album, but it was also the first single so it’s had the most time to stew and drill its way in.
roadrunner_exto Gaming@lemmy.ml•Who's your favorite person that plays thru games on YouTube?English2·6 months agoI started Game Grumps over a decade ago, and still enjoy most videos to one degree or another. Most games they don’t finish, but they always have at least one game that they are working through
roadrunner_exto Patient Gamers@sh.itjust.works•Patient gamers, which games have you discovered/played this week?English3·6 months agoMy last week has been filled with Marvels Midnight Suns. XCom meets deck builder meets dating simulator-lite. I’m having a blast, considering none of those genres are my forte
I agree, the blocker issue’s solution is not one I would have stumbled across. Well played.
Not to assume, but just in case you don’t follow the joke, can appreciate the aha moment if you have had it already, and don’t mind an internet stranger overexplaining…
There is/was a popular meme term “me irl” (often stylized as me_irl), which is a shortening of the phrase “this is literally me IRL”. It spun off into many related terms and subreddits (gay_irl for queer memes, ich_iel for German/Germany memes, pony_irl for My Little Pony memes, etc). anime_irl is a continuation of that trend, but also has the deeper pun of being readable as aniME_IRL.
It’s all very heady and clever, naturally
roadrunner_exto Gaming@beehaw.org•Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of September 29thEnglish4·7 months agoI have been playing Evoland Legendary Edition. The 2 games bundled are surprisingly dissimilar, with the first being almost a parody game of extremely short length, and the second being a fairly fleshed-out, 20 hour RPG-lite, with a story of real stakes (highly inspired by Chrono Trigger).
Very worth it if picked up on sale, just be prepared for the tone-whiplash between games.
roadrunner_exto Programming@programming.dev•Winamp source code is now on GitHubEnglish43·8 months agoIt…seems like there may be some issues with the repo…
roadrunner_exto Videos@lemmy.world•The Alt-Right Playbook: Why Don't You Respond to Criticism?English24·8 months agoThe whole “Alt-Right Playbook” series is worth watching, IMO
roadrunner_exOPto Programming@programming.dev•The technology behind GitHub’s new code searchEnglish6·8 months agoThat’s a fair point. I’ve always assumed it was a form of rate-limiting, but you’re right, that’ll be part of their analytics at least
roadrunner_exOPto Programming@programming.dev•The technology behind GitHub’s new code searchEnglish2·8 months agoOh, whoops! I didn’t notice its timestamp when I read it 😅
I don’t hate YAML, but it has the same issues languages like PHP and JS introduce…there are unexpected corner cases that only exist because the designer wanted the language to be “friendly”
For what it’s worth, I did my best to “fine-tooth comb” through the settings, and nothing else looked obviously out of place
Oh, neat. I’ll be taking a look-see when I get to my bigger screen. Thanks for sharing!