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It is better to simply make a decision than it is to make none at all, for even in failure there is education, whilst in stagnation there is little besides regret and the illusion of safety

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    > performance hiccups I am sure you have tried all these, but just listing them if you havent:- 1. lib-gccjit native compilation 2. GCMH 3. explain-pause-mode 4. Buy a new PC 5. Co…

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    > The notion of a "controller" is also quite flexible. Are you refering to the "view" or the "controller"; "django view" or "rails controller" :-) If we were to coin a new name, sa…

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    > eventually far too much was built on it Incumbents dilemma right? Shouldnt it be possible to "Rip off the band-aid" when releasing, say Django-6.0 and rename things the way most …

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    > all your endpoints went through some function Are you refering to CGI? > I’d be afraid a young dev would have no idea /s But then, I want to reinvent the wheel, it will be square…

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    Ask HN: How did Django land on such abomination of MVC naming scheme?

    I am not satisfied with their official explanation at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/faq/general/#django-appears-to-be-a-mvc-framework-but-you-call-the-controller-the-view-a…

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    > a powerful set of custom primitives like terminal, compiler, formatter objects with a lua-like table structure powered by ht and eieio Very interesting approach. Would you please…

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    > a trip to Europe Do it! dont wait. A change of location will reboot your brain. Trekking, Swimming, Sunburn will give you some much needed break. Its easier to aquaint with new p…

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    Is it possible to tangle the Readme into pretty.h? In other words, are the codeblocks in the orgfile exhaustive. I love the literate way you have explained your thought process in …

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    > Gwynne's Latin Would you kindly share how it influenced you. I am really interested in the intersection of human languages and programming languages. Have you explored Sanscrit, …

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    I have a related question: Is learning interlinked with writing? PG tweeted:- You can't replace reading with other sources of information like videos, because you need to read in o…

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    Are you using the following workflow? orgmode file --> export to pdf (aka weave) orgmode file --> org babel tangle Would you please help me understand your workflow for > jumping t…

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    Please do tell us the Django horror story

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