My temporary PHP fix from 2014 has nearly 20M installs. Today I'm deprecating it

Jake Smith, a developer, has announced that he will be deprecating his PHP library, http_build_url, which has nearly 20 million installs. The library was created in 2014 as a temporary fix and has since become a widely-used dependency in many projects. The author has decided to deprecate the library due to its complexity and the difficulty of maintaining it. The library has received 25 comments on Hacker News, with users expressing a mix of appreciation and understanding for the decision.