CPAN for perl was the first one and it was very successful so got copied.

separate from the distribution or OS package manager.

Because it is way easier to manage them this way rather than have every distro package repo also support them. Additionally, windows and Mac are also targets and they don't have built in package managers.

C and C++ are the only exceptions

It is not as popular but https://conan.io/ exists. Personally, I miss working in c++ because the lack of a built in package manager made people manage dependencies more thoughtfully. It was not without tradeoffs but I preferred that world to adding a dependency being one command away.

Uncle Bob has always been a hack whose advice made code less maintainable.

C++ is my favorite language I've ever programmed in and is not even close, but I spent way too much of my time on code reviews because I couldn't trust almost anyone I worked with not to create dangling refs, memory leaks, etc

It does increase productivity, given enough training, learning its advantages and limitations.

People keep saying this based on gut feeling, but the only study I've seen showed that even experienced devs that thought they were faster were actually slower.

You're the sane one.

Working class people tend to be less-educated, live in more rural areas

I think the working class is much broader than that, and part of our problem is this perception.

"Elections functioning as intended. Oligarchs upset."

He should be cowering in his bunker

Just like all the other horrible shit that's happened that "will never happen" amirite

Why shouldn't someone that felt betrayed by a politician write about their experience? Why shouldn't people learn about these perspectives?

"Can everyone quit being so negative" is an awful take when talking about politics/politicians.

M4a wasn't even on her platform (it was in 2020, so not having it was deliberate)

Nature is healing