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FFmpeg is a prime single-block-everything-is-built-on xkcd example.

It's a sibling to curl in that way

Big difference for ffmpeg especially (but I imagine for curl too): it's not just one guy in Nebraska. Seems to have a very healthy community of devs involved in it.

Well, I don't how it is these days, but it hasn't always been describable as "Healthy".

I guess you guys have never heard of HarfBuzz, huh?

> prime single-block-everything-is-built-on xkcd

Sometimes I wonder if we can vanish one single project out of existence instantly, which one would cause the most chaos.

It looks like the EU compiled a list of contenders.

https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/file...

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