How DotSlash makes executable deployment easier

Andres Suarez and Michael Bolin, two software program engineers at Meta, be a part of Pascal Hartig (@passy) on the Meta Tech Podcast to debate the ins and outs of DotSlash, a brand new open supply instrument from Meta.

DotSlash takes the ache out of distributing binaries and toolchains to builders. As a substitute of committing massive, platform-specific executables to a repository, DotSlash combines a quick Rust program with a JSON manifest prefixed with a #! to transparently fetch and execute the binary.

Find out how DotSlash was constructed, the way it’s used at Meta, and the way Michael and Andres’ profession trajectories cause them to create this open supply venture at Meta.

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