New blog: using compile-time gather to validate db schema at program startup

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Friday, 19 December 2025 at 17:15:30 UTC, a11e99z wrote:
> how to see/test opendlang? last release was at Mar 3 2024, 1.5 
> years ago

The latest release linked from the opendlang.org website is 
actually Dec 9, 2025, last week.

https://github.com/opendlang/opend/releases/tag/CI

Github just doesn't update the top date "releases" page for some 
reason, but even there if you click the "assets" button it shows 
last week. Fighting github is the worst part of managing these 
things lol, they're always breaking something, but the download 
should be fine.

Download and unzip it, then use it in-place. Do NOT separate 
files from the package. If you want it in your PATH, add a little 
script in your path like

```
$ cat /usr/bin/opend
#!/bin/bash
/home/me/opend/opend-latest-linux-x86_64/bin/opend "$@"
```

so it forwards to the package then the configs work and it won't 
clash with other dmd/ldc installs etc.