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The tragedy of running an old Node project

(abdisalan.com)
272 points abdisalan | 4 comments | 18 Nov 24 18:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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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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1. 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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2. 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...
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3. baq ◴[19 Nov 24 10:20 UTC] No.42181870[source]▶
shivers
4. rkharsan64 ◴[19 Nov 24 12:42 UTC] No.42182798[source]▶
FWIW, I run Node 12 painlessly on Apple Silicon using fnm, so you might be thinking of a few versions before that.