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xgpyc2qp ◴[25 Jun 25 20:42 UTC] No.44381627[source]▶
Npx again ;-( Why are people continuously using it for cli applications?

While writing this comment, thinking that there should be some packaging tool that would create a binaries from npx cli tools. I remember such things for python. Binaries were fat, but it is better then keep nodejs installed on my OS

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1. toephu2 ◴[25 Jun 25 20:52 UTC] No.44381711[source]▶
What's wrong with nodejs being installed on your OS?
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2. ◴[25 Jun 25 20:56 UTC] No.44381739[source]▶
3. itake ◴[26 Jun 25 15:39 UTC] No.44388459[source]▶
- nodejs is slow.

- the cli runs in whatever your active (nvm, asdf, etc) is configured in that directory. So for each version of node you work in you need to install a different copy of gemini.

- if you work in an older version of nodejs, then you need to run 2 different versions of node (in different tabs) to use the tool and run your project.