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It’s also available on GNU Info, of course.

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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Very fun. We should make a debian package to install the manpage via apt.

[–] sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Thanks!

I was actually wondering if this could be packaged. At least AUR should be doable.

[–] miyumorita26@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

An AUR package feels especially fitting here—the act of installing it and opening it with man would make the distribution format part of the reading experience, not just another download option.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Lol, you know the lore

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What's the blue icon at the very bottom of the thumbnail, below Svelte? I'm familiar with the others, but not that one.

[–] sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

That's "Backbone" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbone.js)

It was the hot front-end framework before Angular (and React).

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait, there's even two similar ones below Svelte?

Are they both just variants of the Backbone logo because genAI?

[–] sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Great question! Yes, Backbone appears twice.

First, it's artistic license. I think the Backbone.js school is the "backbone" of our current front-end era, for better or worse. So, it fits that the backbone of the hyper-cubical cross is represented by Backbone.js (duplicated twice). Spoiler alert: The cover art's meaning becomes clear around the halfway point on the book, if you're curious.

Second: Yeah, that was a "happy accident" by genAI. To be fair the first $50 that gets donated for this book on my Kofi link go directly to commission a real artist for a cover remake.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, thank you! 🙏

[–] nitroemdash@lemmy.wtf 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Picture reminded me of this painting

[–] sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yes! That's exactly the inspiration.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sebastiancarlos@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Salvador Dali - Corpus Hypercubus