Package managers that package package managers

kept by eddie may 29

Andrew Nesbitt built a matrix showing which of 42 package managers can install each other, finding a 14-hop chain from AUR to an Elm compiler.

Open Source vs the Invisible Hand
Open source software production defies standard economic theory by producing stable, valuable, and widely-used goods despite lacking price signals, contracts, or incentives that textbooks predict are necessary.
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GitHub - microsoft/apm: Agent Package Manager
Microsoft's APM is an open-source dependency manager for AI agents that lets teams declare agent configurations in a manifest file and reproduce them across tools like Copilot, Claude, and Cursor.
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Can Bundler be as fast as uv?
Aaron Patterson argues Bundler can match uv's speed through design changes like parallel installation and a global cache, not just a Rust rewrite.
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Homebrew: 6.0.0
Homebrew 6.0.0 ships tap-trust security, default internal JSON API, Linux sandboxing, bundle parallel installs, and deprecates Intel macOS for 2027.
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Agent Safehouse
Agent Safehouse is a macOS-native sandbox tool that uses kernel-level enforcement to deny LLM coding agents access to all files except explicitly granted directories.
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