But isn't this built into uv already? Just point the sources table to GitHub.

https://docs.astral.sh/uv/concepts/projects/dependencies/#pr...

AFAIK uv installs python packages only. This fetches and runs binaries from Github.

I’m this is not true, uv + wheels you can install binaries

Ah. Missed that. Thank you

Not sure if you're referring here to Windows or Microsoft as a company. Could fit either /S

> They already did

Yes, but they don't and won't too (at least until they do again)

What's bad is that it's so much better than it used to be and still this bad.

I really enjoyed and agree with the majority of the article, but this was my nit as well. My hatred of vacation planning is often the reason I don't go on more vacations. It seems like automating a task that is experienced by the individual as completely monotonous ( and only affects that individual) would be a great example of something worth handing off to a text generator.

You might want to read this then: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/585370/ai-on-australian-trave...

edge case that is not too relevant here.

For me there’s a lot of risk in vacationing in a new area I have no idea about. ChatGPT helps me here.

It all comes down to people who have comfort in their own workflows and it takes mental load to change it. And then find reasons to work backwards to justify not liking AI.

I read though the GitHub readme but I'm still unsure what "new" this brings this brings to the table. It seems like a thin wrapper over existing tools. Since Microsoft rarely deprecates and removes anything, this feels like just another unnecessary complexity layer.

I'm not a traditional app dev on Windows though, so I'm likely missing something. For those of you who are more familiar, what about this are you excited about?

It is, but it's like "dotnet new" templates: a means of getting to a working minimal setup that jumps through the Microsoft hoops for you. MSIX and Package Identity are definitely headaches to get set up.

Yes, Package Identity was the bane of my existence for a while. It's wild how MS gated important APIs behind it and then made it so difficult+impractical to work with (I honestly think this is a large part of why WinRT was mostly ignored by developers).

I've moved on, but this looks like it will at least fix some of the paper cuts.

It's a CLI for especially web developers that prefer CLI tools over graphical installers and needing to have big IDEs installed like Visual Studio.

It's another small nail in the coffin of the monolithic Visual Studio, which is maybe exciting if you are rooting against Microsoft's paid products from their DevDiv and for their free-to-start options like VSCode.

This is awesome! I can't believe I've not heard of it before. Thanks for sharing!

This is how WinGet works. It has a small SQLite db it downloads from a hosted url. The DB contains some minimal metadata and a url path to access the full metadata. This way WinGet only has to make API calls for packages it's actually interacting with. As a package manager, it has plenty of problems still, but it's a simple, elegant solution for the git as a DB issue.

Really enjoyed Goliaths Curse by Luke Kemp

Process and Reality by Alfred North Whitehead