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There are other methods, e.g. it’s probably available in all major distros’ package managers right now, as well as in Homebrew on macOS and Choco on Windows.

And curl|bash alone is probably okay-ish? You’re still running the code ultimately, so you either trust it or not. It’s what I use for my own project (with a twist: you get the chance to read the script before you run it): https://lunni.dev/docs/install/

But combined with the “ai_personal_chef” it really tripped me off. What the hell is that even supposed to mean? Do I pipe a code written by LLM directly into my shell? (Probably not, it would be pretty expensive for them to run that.)

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Understand the hesitation, but this is just a convenience script to make installation a shell one-liner and totally optional.

Just click on the hard to spot "Already have an app?" link and it will show you the individual mix tasks you can run yourself.

I would argue that this is the preferred way to see what's happening and avoid running a remote shell script for the security conscious. ;)

Also the generated project name is completely random and intended to be humourous.

Ahhhh, okay! Looks like I’ve got a bad roll of a dice then. (The `uber_for` is actually hilarious :-)

Maybe move the script to something like ash-hq.org/new?project_name={generated}, so that it’s easier to guess what’s going on? Or break it up into steps, like:

    # Install prerequisites (Elixir and `igniter_new`):
    curl -fsSo 'https://ash-hq.org/install?with=phoenix' | sh

    # Create a new app:
    mix igniter.new {{ generated }} --yes-to-deps --yes --install ""
    cd {{ generated }}

    # Install Ash:
    mix igniter.install ...

(This could also let you eliminate that “Already have an app?” button-link – the users can just skip the steps they’ve already done.)

There are some fun Easter Eggs in there for the truly curious :)

That's a great suggestion, the one-liner is cute but isn't quite as readable and explanatory as your multi-line version.

Not to mention, the one-liner doesn't show off the true power of igniter -- composability and additive AST patching codegen.

Thanks!

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