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• By Mond_ 2026-02-2421:203 reply

  I used Manjaro for a few years.

  That's how I learned a pretty important lesson about software engineering that still informs how I work to this day.

  "A layer of abstraction on top of a stateful legacy system often doesn't result in a simpler system, it just introduces exciting new failure possibilities. This especially applies when the owners of the legacy system have no responsibility over the abstraction layer."

  By peeters 2026-02-2421:251 reply

  This comment made a lot more sense to me once I realized we weren't talking about an aggressively marketed weight loss drug.

  By ChadNauseam 2026-02-2423:02

  It's still true. Your metabolic system is probably not simpler after taking terzepatide. Although, just because it's not simpler doesn't mean it can't be better. I'm very glad for the C++ abstraction layer over assembly, even if the stack is more complicated than if it were just assembly

  By perching_aix 2026-02-251:13

  The word "legacy" doesn't seem needed there.

  By HendrikHensen 2026-02-2620:561 reply

  Can you explain it for those out of the loop?

  By Mond_ 2026-03-015:05

  Manjaro sells itself as "Arch, but more approachable". In reality, you'll often end up with "Arch, but with additional weird package management upgrade issues that are a byproduct of Manjaro's own repositories interacting with the arch on your system."

  Instead of just having to track the arch repos, you suddenly have those and Manjaro's own stuff (and own package manager tool etc.), which is another point of failure. Every new bit of technology is another part that can fail.

• By nottorp 2026-02-2422:201 reply

  Technically it wasn't offline, was it?

  You could even browse it if you used a browser who still treats you like an adult and allows you to ignore certificate warnings.

  By UqWBcuFx6NV4r 2026-02-2423:48

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• By KronisLV 2026-02-2421:46

  Uptime Kuma supports certificate expiry notifications and will send you messages in whatever channel (e.g. e-mail, Slack, ...) you configure ahead of time: https://uptimekuma.org/

  That way, even if some of your automation is borked (or if you don't have any), you'll at least be reminded.

  Though with this being pushed, feels like nobody will have much choice, but automate: https://www.digicert.com/blog/tls-certificate-lifetimes-will...