Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the network utility "Ping" was written by a single person in an evening in 1983, and he named it after the sound a submarine sonar makesen.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square53linkfedilink
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoIt’s also when the scope of those projects could be accomplished by one person.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoEven if projects could be solo efforts, it’s probably better to avoid the bus factor.
minus-squareOaksey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoWhat’s your BGB Plan? (Big Green Bus, I guess you could alter for the colour of buses in your city)
minus-squareBlueOysterCultist@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoEven worse than bus factor, it’s really easy to compromise when no one double checks your work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoThe original idea behind Unix was to have small tools doing very specific task and do it will. Then you could use shell to combine them together to do more advanced stuff.
It’s also when the scope of those projects could be accomplished by one person.
Even if projects could be solo efforts, it’s probably better to avoid the bus factor.
What’s your BGB Plan? (Big Green Bus, I guess you could alter for the colour of buses in your city)
Even worse than bus factor, it’s really easy to compromise when no one double checks your work:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor
The original idea behind Unix was to have small tools doing very specific task and do it will.
Then you could use shell to combine them together to do more advanced stuff.