alt Hacker News> Package managers and compiling-from-source instead of distributing runnable applications directly.
Docker tries to partially address this, right?
> Dependence on CLI, and steep learning curve.
I think this is partially eased by LLMs.
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the__alchemist • last Saturday at 3:30 PM
But you can see the theme here: Adding more layers of complexity to patch things. LLMs do seem to do a better job than searching forum posts! I would argue that Docker's point is to patch compatibility barriers in Linux.
Levitating • last Saturday at 9:52 PM
> Docker tries to partially address this, right?
Docker is a good way of turning a 2kb shell script into a 400mb container. It's not a solution.
Flatpak would be a better example.
They shouldn't have to. OS interfaces including commandline ones should be user oriented not bogged down Unix dogma that was created when used physical text terminals as their primary I/O device. It's not the 60s anymore and modern PC, servers, and embedded devices aren't ancient mainframes with physical terminal hardware where making everything appear to be a file and using convoluted scripting interfaces like the Unix shell made at least some sense.