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spencerwgreene

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About spencerwgreene

software engineer at google

https://spencergreene.com

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Comment #49124732
Nothing in the post is wrong, but there's an anti-pattern where teams resist change, the software ossifies, and people cite these mantras like "slow is smooth and smooth is fast", …

Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC
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Accelerating Code Migrations with AI
Mon, Oct 28, 2024, 9:40 PM UTC
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Pagination with Relative Cursors
Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 2:17 AM UTC
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Code Simplicity: Make It Never Come Back (2013)
Thu, Mar 16, 2023, 12:10 AM UTC
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US Congressman Thomas Massie Powers His Home with a Tesla Car Battery
Sun, Feb 19, 2023, 5:56 PM UTC
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Gardening Platforms: How to Grow a Platform
Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 12:57 AM UTC
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Better Atmospheric River Forecasts Improve Emergency Planning
Wed, Jan 04, 2023, 5:16 AM UTC
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Trapped in the Trenches in Ukraine
Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 7:48 PM UTC
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Google Go Style Guide
Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 7:45 PM UTC
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Binding on Port 0
Tue, Nov 01, 2022, 8:47 PM UTC
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Being Glue
Sat, Oct 08, 2022, 1:04 AM UTC
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Jack Dorsey: Let's Reconsider Our “Users” (2012)
Mon, Sep 12, 2022, 9:53 PM UTC
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How I Cured My RSI Pain (2010)
Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 12:41 AM UTC
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“Considered Harmful” Essays Considered Harmful (2002)
Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 12:05 AM UTC
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Gardening Platforms
Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 5:25 AM UTC
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A quick rage-thread about credentials
Wed, Jun 01, 2022, 10:59 PM UTC
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Ali Partovi Wants to Beat the Old YC
Fri, May 13, 2022, 9:42 PM UTC
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Monad Manifesto (2002) [pdf]
Sun, May 08, 2022, 7:49 PM UTC
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The Simplest Explanation of Oil (shell language)
Thu, Apr 21, 2022, 12:54 AM UTC
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Command Line Programs for the Blind
Tue, Apr 12, 2022, 6:11 AM UTC
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Comment #30848964
I'm pretty sure fmt.Println("HELLO", str, len(str), len(result), n) isn't supposed to be in the final solution? :)

Tue, Mar 29, 2022, 10:03 PM UTC
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You’re tasked with making a maps app from scratch, what’s your first move?
Tue, Mar 29, 2022, 5:31 AM UTC
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How to improve your permissions UX
Mon, Mar 21, 2022, 1:46 AM UTC
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Secrets to Great API Design (2019)
Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 1:48 AM UTC
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YouTube's Robots.txt
Tue, Feb 22, 2022, 4:49 AM UTC