A JSON-to-TOML Conversion That Depends on ffmpeg and Ruby
rickasaurus · x · 2026-09-15
A developer mocked an absurd dependency chain: a simple JSON-to-TOML conversion somehow depends on ffmpeg and ruby. Joking that even with evidence to the contrary, is it really worth cancelling the build job over it — a funny example of dependency bloat in modern toolchains.
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