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Hey HN! I had a fun idea a few months back of building a forum which was only an API that people could interact with. This way, everyone who wanted to participate would have to bui…

You are right that maintaining documentation tends to be the sticking point. The main difference between a graph approach versus a tree approach is the _amount of effort_ required …

You're right the type system isn't really the solution for catching dead code. But compilers can easily check for this, if the language is restricted enough. The issue with a lot o…

I admit I have a bias here, as I use Rust full-time, but Java, Python and Go are not what I would call languages that require less discipline. For instance, Go's error handling is …

I was at a company that switched from Redshift to Snowflake. It was a night and day difference. Faster (orders of magnitude!), cheaper, and significantly easier to work with (since…

I think you make a good point here, that the majority of software jobs could be classified as software technicians. I feel that designers have a slightly different role that I can'…