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		happymellon on Aug 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Homebrew Is Awesome How is the experience worse if it works? The other explanations imply that it may not work due to hard coded paths.

Macha on Aug 9, 2023 [–]

Because of the hardcoded paths, the precompiled artifacts will not work. Because of this, homebrew will need to run the build script locally. This means that the process takes longer, which is what makes the experience worse.

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