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by smoothgrammer 1488 days ago
One thing to remember is that these fun utils won't exist on production servers. You also don't want them there for obvious reasons. I find it better to use the most commonly available set of unix tools and I end up being far more effective due to that.
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unnouinceput 1488 days ago
What is the obvious reason? Security? The guy provides sources and it took me 20 minutes to see what's doing in there. I'd definitely put this on production server, after testing intensively of course.
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butwhywhyoh 1488 days ago
How frequently are you and your team willing to spend that 20 minutes? Are you confident you evaluated it precisely? Are you always going to install the latest release? What do you do as the codebase grows and that 20 minutes turns into an hour?
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unnouinceput 1488 days ago
Did you know there are businesses out there that are still using programs made in DOS era (especially those made in FoxPro) and work perfectly? Or did you took a look at ATM's and seen that majority still have that WindowsXP look'n'feel? Not everybody needs the latest and greatest, you know?

In that spirit, let's see your questions:

1-Once in a life time; 2-Yes;3-No;4-Nothing, see 1st answer.

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