Anki Bloat and Rickroll Issue

I got it to build from source. It created almost 4 gigabytes of bazel cache files in my home dir, that's almost as much as the entire system software package size of my distro. I don't know when this all changed, but I'm pretty sure Anki wasn't this bloated all the time. I opened a ticket with the request to unbloat it and remove all that rust and bazel crap, but instead I was linked to rick astleys never give you up and then this dae individual closed the issue. This leads me to believe that this project is now moribund. I can smell the soy latte and estrogen pills clearly now.

A software developer complains that Anki has accumulated massive Bazel caches and Rust-related bloat. Their issue requesting cleanup is closed after being linked to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up,” implying a dismissive rickroll and mocking the project as dead and stereotypically “soy” or progressive. The meme is used as a sarcastic reaction to bloated software, abandoned projects, or unhelpful issue maintainers.

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