Improving Dependencies for Everyone

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Go modules plus a purpose-built module download API let proxy servers cache versioned code as immutable zip files so builds survive repo deletion, git push -f, or GitHub downtime. Athens implements that API, writes modules to configurable storage (disk, MongoDB, S3, GCS, Azure Blob), and serves them via the Go proxy. Demo shows Athens running in-memory, on disk from a USB key, going offline and still building the web app, which proves offline reliability and auditability.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Go modules
2. 1:18Dependency management history
3. 3:30Risks of current systems
4. 6:05The module download API
5. 8:39Architecting with proxies
6. 11:10Avoiding centralized failure
7. 15:02Introducing Athens
8. 17:34Demonstrating Athens
9. 24:11Why companies use Athens
10. 27:00Community call to action

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