Another good lesson about why we should trust only FOSS ecosystems

  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Like buying a reverse lottery ticket. If you’re unlucky, you suddenly have to pay a big amount somewhere in the future.

    • taladar
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      11 months ago

      That description really fits all kinds of technical debt.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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        11 months ago

        Agreed.

        Except, you don’t win a negative lottery prize so much as you take on someone’s loanshark debt and now have to service it at insane interest rates.