<![CDATA[Luke-warm take: When designating dependencies - use fixed version numbers.]]>Luke-warm take: When designating dependencies - use fixed version numbers. Always. The ability to use things like "3.4.*" is a bug and/or a trap.

Yes, that means you need to update them manually (your tools can help point at them).

But the ability to check out three months old code and not having to guess which version the packages were at that point is a fucking requirement.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/408a4cc1-c7a0-4260-9e12-824152892408/luke-warm-take-when-designating-dependencies-use-fixed-version-numbers.RSS for NodeMon, 13 Jul 2026 00:17:02 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2026 07:17:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Luke-warm take: When designating dependencies - use fixed version numbers. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:38:47 GMT]]>@nerdd Another spicy take: NodeJS, PHP, NPM and JS were all mistakes. 🤪

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/tofticles/statuses/116849713311270392https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/tofticles/statuses/116849713311270392Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:38:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Luke-warm take: When designating dependencies - use fixed version numbers. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:31:35 GMT]]>@tofticles Wellllll… 😄

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/nerdd/statuses/116849684986643561https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/nerdd/statuses/116849684986643561Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:31:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Luke-warm take: When designating dependencies - use fixed version numbers. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:24:52 GMT]]>@nerdd I do not work with languages that have lockfiles 😛.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/tofticles/statuses/116849658568300999https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/tofticles/statuses/116849658568300999Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:24:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Luke-warm take: When designating dependencies - use fixed version numbers. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:46:31 GMT]]>@tofticles That is a reasonable take if your dependency management tool doesn’t create a lockfile, or you don't commit the lockfile.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/nerdd/statuses/116849507823361077https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/nerdd/statuses/116849507823361077Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:46:31 GMT