• Vorpal@programming.devOP
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    1 year ago

    The drama sucks, agreed. But crates.io is lightyears behind in design, search and features.

    For example: Lib.rs has the first thing I want to know (when was the last release, is this still developed?) right at the top. For crates.io that is hidden near the bottom, especially on mobile.

    Also: Lib.rs has search that actually works and finds relevant things, I cannot say that for crates.io.

    I would love for crates.io to take (some) inspiration from lib.rs.

    Finally: I share the lib.rs author’s opinion on cryptocurrency, though I don’t agree with his extreme measures. (If it was me I would put a note in neutral tone that crypto is problematic for the environment on the relevant categories and crates, with some links to more into, then leave it at that.) So using lib.rs despite the drama doesn’t bother me that much.