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title: "Software Drift"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/software-drift-zoprvgzoj
source_url: https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3649297
type: article
source: "ACM Queue"
published: 2024-03-13T13:18:59.071Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:22:04.995Z
tags: ["open-source"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Software Drift

**[ACM Queue](https://daily.dev/sources/acmq)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Handling code translation between two open source projects can be challenging, especially when the APIs have different names. Forks and personal disagreements in open source projects often lead to software drift, causing codebases to drift apart. The article highlights the frustration of having different names for the same APIs and emphasizes the need for cooperation and standardized naming conventions in open source projects.

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