Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node
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Re: Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node
#2Unfortunate naming ie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device
Re: Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node
#3Hey everyone!
I made this. I'm happy to answer any questions, but please bear in mind that this is a WIP. There is still a lot of work to be done, although feature parity with npm is not the goal.
Upcoming features are:
* Nix-like rollbacks * built in registry server * discovery + installation via BitTorrent DHT
Would love to get any feedback!
Re: Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node
#4Unfortunate naming ie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device
Damn. Didn't think of that.
In fact I literally just renamed it: https://github.com/alexanderGugel/ied/commit/84628b3c871c85d...
Originally it was called mpm, but I figured that would have been pretty confusing, but it looks like the new name isn't necessarily better.
I'm pretty terrible at naming. Any suggestions are more than welcome!
Re: Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node
#5Unfortunate naming ie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device
Damn. Didn't think of that. In fact I literally just renamed it: https://github.com/alexanderGugel/ied/commit/84628b3c871c85d... Originally it was called mpm, but I figured that would have been pretty confusing, but it looks like the new name isn't necessarily better. I'm pretty terrible at naming. Any suggestions are more than welcome!
I think it's fine as it is. Could have chosen a worse name for sure! And, managing dependencies is like dealing with explosives anyways...
Re: Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node
#6Hey everyone! I made this. I'm happy to answer any questions, but please bear in mind that this is a WIP. There is still a lot of work to be done, although feature parity with npm is not the goal. Upcoming features are: * Nix-like rollbacks * built in registry server * discovery + installation via BitTorrent DHT Would love to get any feedback!
For the discovery and installation, you might be interested in looking into using IPFS for it. Kind of gives you all the features you want out-of-the-box. Also, another guy is working on mirroring the npm registry in IPFS, might be interesting for you: https://github.com/diasdavid/registry-mirror
Re: Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node
#7Hey everyone! I made this. I'm happy to answer any questions, but please bear in mind that this is a WIP. There is still a lot of work to be done, although feature parity with npm is not the goal. Upcoming features are: * Nix-like rollbacks * built in registry server * discovery + installation via BitTorrent DHT Would love to get any feedback!
For the discovery and installation, you might be interested in looking into using IPFS for it. Kind of gives you all the features you want out-of-the-box. Also, another guy is working on mirroring the npm registry in IPFS, might be interesting for you: https://github.com/diasdavid/registry-mirror
This looks very interesting!
Also related: https://github.com/dominictarr/npmd
Re: Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Damn. Didn't think of that. In fact I literally just renamed it: https://github.com/alexanderGugel/ied/commit/84628b3c871c85d... Originally it was called mpm, but I figured that would have been pretty confusing, but it looks like the new name isn't necessarily better. I'm pretty terrible at naming. Any suggestions are more than welcome!
I think it's fine as it is. Could have chosen a worse name for sure! And, managing dependencies is like dealing with explosives anyways...
> And, managing dependencies is like dealing with explosives anyways...
Only funny for anyone who hasn't been affected by one, or had friends or family who were. Still better to avoid names with negative connotations (and search for them first to check).
> Any suggestions are more than welcome!
A few ideas:
bpm - Better Package Manager
edge - the thing that connects nodes
jpm - Javascript Package Manager
ppm - Peer Package Manager
fpm - Functional Package Manager
ayp - All Your Packages
nnm - New Node Manager
Re: Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's fine as it is. Could have chosen a worse name for sure! And, managing dependencies is like dealing with explosives anyways...
> And, managing dependencies is like dealing with explosives anyways... Only funny for anyone who hasn't been affected by one, or had friends or family who were. Still better to avoid names with negative connotations (and search for them first to check). > Any suggestions are more than welcome! A few ideas: bpm - Better Package Manager edge - the thing that connects nodes jpm - Javascript Package Manager ppm - Peer P…
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Re: Show HN: ied – an alternative package manager for Node
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's fine as it is. Could have chosen a worse name for sure! And, managing dependencies is like dealing with explosives anyways...
> And, managing dependencies is like dealing with explosives anyways... Only funny for anyone who hasn't been affected by one, or had friends or family who were. Still better to avoid names with negative connotations (and search for them first to check). > Any suggestions are more than welcome! A few ideas: bpm - Better Package Manager edge - the thing that connects nodes jpm - Javascript Package Manager ppm - Peer P…
Only funny for anyone who hasn't been affected by one, or had friends or family who were.
Oh, lay off the holier-than-thou moral outrage. I bet you could mine for naming collisions in a space of three characters like this all day, or really all sorts of project names.