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+# computing dystopia: part 1
+
+hi. on my server i run a javascript-based daemon
+(its function is irrelevant here).
+i also, seperately, run the rss fetcher
+[`sfeed_update`](https://codemadness.org/sfeed.html) which i then
+transfer to my laptop where i read it.
+
+today i noticed my feeds did not seem to be fetching. weird.
+after like a minute of investigation i find that my `/tmp` directory,
+kept on an 8GB ramdisk, had run out of space...
+but what could be causing it?
+
+so it turned out that my `/tmp` directory was filled with temporary
+directories created by the javascript package manager(?) `yarn`,
+which would create a new directory every few seconds.
+
+so i find a github issue about this, open since *november 2018*,
+which contains no solution other than running a cron job or
+changing to `yarn v2`, which my daemon does not seem to support
+and distro does not package.
+
+of course, while this massive issue affecting quite a few people
+is not worth fixing after five years, it is important to hide
+a comment, labelling it 'unprofessional' and 'not worth visibility'
+for containing a silly image in it.
+
+writing software in javascript is immoral.