Hacker News with Generative AI: Package Management

Uv's killer feature is making ad-hoc environments easy (valatka.dev)
In my view, neither performance nor trying to be Python-aligned is what sets uv apart. Don’t get me wrong — try switching from uv to Poetry, and you’ll quickly notice how sluggish it (poetry) feels. uv goes extra miles to adhere to PEPs, and IMHO it’s the go-to package manager for Python these days. But these aren’t the features that surprised me most.

Python, Package Management, Software, Development Tools

498 points by astronautas 5 days ago | 414 comments

Nix – Death by a Thousand Cuts (dgt.is)
This is my perspective on using Nix (the OS, the package manager, and the language) as a main driver for the past 2 years. I have gone to conferences, engaged the community, donated, submitted bug reports, converted my home servers, and probably spent hundreds of hours in Nix configs. I consider myself well versed, but certainly no expert.

Operating Systems, Package Management, Nix, Software

332 points by jonotime 7 days ago | 313 comments

uv: An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust. (github.com/astral-sh)
An extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust.

Python, Package Management, Rust, Performance

6 points by behnamoh 7 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Is NPM Having an Outage? (ycombinator.com)
I can't install any module. They are all 404.

Node.js, Software, Package Management

33 points by paradite 40 days ago | 27 comments

Discrepancy between what's in GitHub and what's been published to PyPI (github.com/ultralytics)
Discrepancy between what's in GitHub and what's been published to PyPI for v8.3.41.

Python, Software, Open Source, Version Control, Package Management

35 points by the_mitsuhiko 43 days ago | 7 comments

Sqlpkg – The SQLite Extension Hub (sqlpkg.org)
Find SQLite extensions using the search box above. You can download and install them manually, or use the sqlpkg package manager.

SQLite, Database, Tools, Package Management

5 points by thunderbong 55 days ago | 0 comments

Workbrew makes open-source package manager Homebrew enterprise-friendly (techcrunch.com)
A trio of former GitHub executives and engineers have founded a new startup that brings the benefits of one of the most popular open source package managers to the enterprise.

Open Source, Enterprise Software, Package Management, Startups

14 points by woodruffw 60 days ago | 2 comments

PyPI now supports digital attestations (pypi.org)
PyPI package maintainers can now publish signed digital attestations when publishing, in order to further increase trust in the supply-chain security of their projects. Additionally, a new API is available for consumers and installers to verify published attestations.

Python, Security, Software Development, Open Source, Package Management

218 points by miketheman 65 days ago | 186 comments

Determinate Nix (nixos.org)

Operating Systems, Linux, Package Management, Nix

6 points by aendruk 87 days ago | 0 comments

Hunting for Gems: How Ruby's package management system evolved (railsexplained.com)
It’s time for another installment in our series on loading code in Rails.

Ruby, Package Management, Programming, Rails

69 points by greytape 115 days ago | 19 comments

Setting up a cache server for apt packages (qmacro.org)

Caching, Linux, Software, Networking, Package Management

30 points by todsacerdoti 137 days ago | 5 comments

Openwrt working on moving to Alpine Package Manager (APK) (github.com/openwrt)