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Coding Killed the Cat
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Coding Killed the Cat is a personal blog at codingkilledthecat.wordpress.com about programming and career. Since 2012, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Why your company shouldn't use Git submodules”. The last post was in 2013, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's post on why git submodules cause problems, with alternatives such as git subtree. Commenters cite it as a source for the case against submodules.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Luckily, it still has 8 lives left.
Most-linked posts?
- Why your company shouldn't use Git submodules7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2014-12-27
- Some Best Practices for Web App Authentication2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-09-05
What Hacker News says?
Here's some good posts about submodules and alternatives, so you can make up your own mind: http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/05/alternatives-to-git-submo... https://codingkilledthecat.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/why-your...
Comment linking /2012/04/28/why-your-company-shouldnt-use-git-submodules/
on “Git 2.9 released”Submitted Catch-22: Tech Blogging As a Woman as a story · 78 points
HN discussionIs it literally just your codebase or a shared one? Generally with submodules we run into issues like each dev having to maintain the setup on their own machine, and unique commands to work with module repositories. For WAY more writeup: https://codingkilledthecat.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/why-your... Whole tools were created to get around these issues (git-subtree for ex).
Comment linking /2012/04/28/why-your-company-shouldnt-use-git-submodules/
on “Monorepos in JavaScript and TypeScript”Submitted Be cautious about using Chartio (or at least, don’t follow their directions) as a story · 66 points
HN discussionhttps://codingkilledthecat.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/why-your... - there's a good example here
Comment linking /2012/04/28/why-your-company-shouldnt-use-git-submodules/
on “Show HN: Get rid of Git submodules and never look back (now for GitHub users)”Submitted Why your company shouldn't use Git submodules as a story · 64 points
HN discussionWouldn't git subtrees be a better option than git submodules? (see: http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/05/alternatives-to-git-submo... and https://codingkilledthecat.wordpress.com/2012/04/28/why-your... )
Comment linking /2012/04/28/why-your-company-shouldnt-use-git-submodules/
on “Manul – the madness vendoring utility for Go with Git submodules”Submitted Why I'm a Programmer as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don’t Be Afraid of Imperfection as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Some Best Practices for Web App Authentication as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why your company shouldn't use Git submodules as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why your company shouldn't use Git submodules as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The programming skill that a CS major doesn't teach as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Documentation Lock-In as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why your company shouldn’t use Git submodules (2012) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Diversity In Tech: It’s Your Responsibility as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What I Want From "Social" as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Some Best Practices for Web App Authentication as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Multiplexing Git hooks as a story · 1 points
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