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mg 87 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A startup doesn't need to be a unicorn

Hopefully, over time, we will get better and better in creating the world of software from small interoperable pieces that can be maintained by small teams or even solo entrepreneurs.

mschuster91 87 days ago [–]

Yuck, we already got enough OpenSSL and other foundational projects that have a bus factor approaching (or being) 1.

Just today I learned that the unzip program hasn't had an official release since 2009 (!) and everyone ships a different set of patches for it.

Relevant xkcd 2347 [1].

[1] https://xkcd.com/2347/

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43608052

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