"The biggest piece is minimizing your dependencies, and limiting them to ones that value backwards compatibility." While primarily about 'low-upkeep' software, this generalises to #rstats in #production, to #reproducibility and to good #science. jefftk.com/p/designing-low-u…

Designing Low Upkeep Software

It's common for me to get excited about a personal project, put a bunch of time into it, and then lose interest. As much as possible, I want these projects to continue working; upkeep isn't fun. What...

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Sep 26, 2021 · 3:29 PM UTC

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That’s one of the things I like about #rdatatable. Plus small footprint and hardly ever any breaking changes.
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