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272 points abdisalan | 5 comments | 18 Nov 24 18:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

1. adamtaylor_13 ◴[18 Nov 24 19:26 UTC] No.42175946[source]▶

Acknowledging this is absolutely awful, and also commenting that a project .nvmrc file is your friend!

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2. baq ◴[18 Nov 24 21:34 UTC] No.42177331[source]▶

...until the node version you locked can't be downloaded anymore, or hasn't ever existed for your CPU arch.

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3. lvturner ◴[19 Nov 24 08:29 UTC] No.42181149[source]▶

I see you too had to run node v14(? my memory fails me somewhat) on Apple Silicon hardware...

4. baq ◴[19 Nov 24 10:20 UTC] No.42181870{3}[source]▶

shivers

5. rkharsan64 ◴[19 Nov 24 12:42 UTC] No.42182798{3}[source]▶

FWIW, I run Node 12 painlessly on Apple Silicon using fnm, so you might be thinking of a few versions before that.

The tragedy of running an old Node project