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Show HN: Xkcd #2347 lived in my head, so I built the dependency tower for real

https://stacktower.io/
10•matzehuels•3h ago
I finally got tired of XKCD #2347 living rent-free in my head, so I built Stacktower: a tool that takes any real package’s dependency graph and turns it into an actual tower of bricks. Along the way I had to wrestle some surprisingly spicy problems.

Full blog post here: https://stacktower.io

The result is half visualization tool, half love letter to the chaos of modern dependency trees. Open-source, works with PyPI, Cargo, npm, and more.

Code: https://github.com/matzehuels/stacktower

Comments

MisterTea•3h ago
The Github link you posted is broken. https://github.com/matzehuels/stacktower

edit, forgot to add: should have a gallery of dependency towers for a few different projects to illustrate the programs ability.

matzehuels•3h ago
thanks, fixed it!
matzehuels•3h ago
The gallery is right there! (https://stacktower.io/#gallery/python/openai). I'll need to make this more clear :)