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perkovsky

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About perkovsky

Building NGB - an open-source accounting-first business application platform using .NET, PostgreSQL, and Vue.

Interested in databases, ERP systems, audit logs, reporting engines, append-only accounting, and business software architecture.

GitHub: https://github.com/ngbplatform/NGB Docs: https://docs.ngbplatform.com

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    I like the “claim-driven” framing. For stateful systems, tests named after setup details often get weakened over time. Tests named after the claim they are trying to falsify are ha…

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    Agree. Postinstall scripts should be explicit opt-in, not ambient capability. Most packages should not need arbitrary code execution during install. And when they do, that should b…

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    I agree with this. Moving the git repo is easy, moving the whole project surface is the hard part. Issues, releases, CI, docs, security advisories, search and discoverability all t…

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    Yes. I’d add: design the module boundaries before splitting deployment. A modular monolith still forces you to name ownership, data boundaries and invariants, but without making ev…

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