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I got a system design interview where I was asked to build a pricer for a financial product, then expand it to multiple pricers that might share inputs. This was not the typical sy…

I am looking for something to help with generic system design and building a base for questions especially outside of the usual system design that focuses on web apps. I was once a…

This is the common arguement used by people defending languages with tons of footguns. If this is true, why not write everything in C++? Javscript includes so many footguns that pe…

Thats a good argument in a vacuum. But the world has determined "I was just following orders" is not a good defense. We know the crimes against humanity are bad and subordinates ar…

I will admit, there were a lot of people saying ridiculous things about crypto in 2021. Many of those people were very wrong, but still rewarded with bitcoin hitting 100k. Those sa…

I remember a post on Blind where someone was passionately arguing that if we put house ownership on the blockchain, 2008 wouldn't have happened because a big part of it was not kno…

Only the CEO or everyone that works there?

Might I suggest a purple logo, since its half Go (blue) and half rust (reddish). Lol This fills a pretty good niche. There are several backend APIs that I want to use rust for, but…

The key (and way easier said then done) is to take a small amount of money out, accept that its likely all going to be gone, and try to milk it slowly so all the free drinks you ge…

> I'm pretty sure no company in their right mind today start a new product in C++ I say this as someone who loves rust and zig, but these types of statements make me feel like HN i…

Yeah agree with this, will be interesting to see. I assume the more unsafe rust used, the more the CVE numbers will appear like C and C++. People like to say unsafe means "I checke…

Compiler checking is always better than programmer checking. As someone who uses rust, I assume you would prefer the former absolutely.

> the draft is slavery and immoral I agree with this, but I also think this is such a “peace time” opinion. If, for example, the nazis were at risk of invading the American homelan…

Right which is why I am saying jury nullification is bad. These situations happen because of it.

Right but isn't the whole issue we have with white people walking free after crimes while black people face the actual punishment all because of this exact issue? White college gir…

So you would be pro a situation like this: White college kid is caught with intent-to-distribute amount of weed, jury allows them to walk away even though they are guilty. Black ki…

> a jury decides randomly in every single trial whether they want to enforce something. Isn't that jury nullification? That's the exact thing I am saying, shouldn't happen.

Not being able to talk about jury nullification does not mean all judges are crooks. The reason people try to discourage “jury nullification” is because if a law is unjust, it shou…

I know this is hammered to death on HN, but you could definitely argue memory safety is a reason not to use systems languages for anything else. Granted though it means what you me…

I agree, but what people prefer vs what companies do are very different. Companies rarely pay for totally rewrites. Nim compiles to C and offers safety that can work on top of code…

> Though I have to say - are there really that many scenarios in 2022 where a GC is unacceptable? There are more systems programming jobs (where GC is not usable) today than there …

question: How do unit tests stay green when you rewrite in another language? Are your tests an external API you call?

Hello all, Obviously it’s hard to pick winners when the start-up is just starting, but I assume it’s more easy to see who will not make it. I was recently asked to join an app with…

Hello all, Obviously it’s hard to pick winners when the start-up is just starting, but I assume it’s more easy to see who will not make it. I was recently asked to join an app with…