Dependencies should be fetched directly from VCS
A technical comparison between Ruby and Go dependency management, arguing that Go's approach of fetching directly from version control systems is more secure. The author explains how Go's use of URLs and hash verification mitigates risks associated with malicious package publishing.
I’ve been writing Ruby at my new $dayjob in the last month. After spending most of the last decade writing Go it’s been a fun change of scenery. I did Ruby before (years ago) and I can’t really tell you which is “better” – Ruby is very different from Go in almost every respect and I find both quite effective in getting stuff done in their own way.
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