Show HN: Xkcd #2347 lived in my head, so I built the dependency tower for real
matzehuels Thursday, December 04, 2025I finally got tired of XKCD #2347 living rent-free in my head, so I built Stacktower: a tool that takes any real package’s dependency graph and turns it into an actual tower of bricks. Along the way I had to wrestle some surprisingly spicy problems.
Full blog post here: https://stacktower.io
The result is half visualization tool, half love letter to the chaos of modern dependency trees. Open-source, works with PyPI, Cargo, npm, and more.
Code: https://github.com/matzehuels/stacktower
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StackTower.io is a platform that provides developers with a suite of tools and resources for building and scaling their web applications, including a serverless cloud computing service, a database-as-a-service offering, and a content delivery network.
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