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Out of course: I had thought about reading an article about Iran war or some geo political news when I read fzakaria :-)

'Not to Claude' is a great slogan for 2026; let's see if it survives 2028

Same here! I also don't want "the facts to come in the way of a good story", and want to believe B is BEAM.

I was thinking exactly the same. Maybe someone who understands these terms and deal better shine light on why would Microsoft agree to this

I never knew that js-joda existed. I love Joda library. Its surprising that date / time parsing is screwed in multiple languages

Another way to look at it: Maybe this is the way to prevent those layoffs hitting you :-)

Can you explain why is Yaml cancerous (Genuine question) I have always preferred (even without thinking) to use configuration files as Yaml and kept Json for interprocess communica…

The fool didn't knew it was impossible. So he did it ( I don't know who said it, but if forced, I will say Albert Einstein or Mark Twain :-) )

Wow! Thank you for sharing this. I am bookmarking this article for future use! ( Truth be told, I did not fully understand everything but hopefully future me would ) Reminds of tha…

Haha, true Finally, an interface that matches our enterprise COBOL codebase, perfect for Y2K-compliant enterprises of 1999 :-)

There was an article from Uber on why they shifted from Postgres to Mysql: https://www.uber.com/en-IN/blog/postgres-to-mysql-migration/ I don't know how much of that article points…

Out of curiosity: Why not mysql? I am also surprised that no one has even mentioned mysql in any of the comments so far -- so looks like the verdict is very clear on that one PS: I…

A tangential question: For someone looking to start using React Native (targeting both Android and iOS), is Flutter a viable alternative in 2024 ?

I am also intrigued by this question: What was different for guys like Ramanujan, and how were they able to tap in to this hidden reservoir of knowledge. And how can we replicate i…

This book is definitely worth the read. Or maybe worth 10 reads. Its really that awesome!

Got it! Thank you for the explanation Read this line on Wiki: "In Perl 6, we decided it would be better to fix the language than fix the user - Larry wall" Looks like a very good p…

Can you elaborate this comment? Haven't used Perl in the last 12 years, so I fit the persona of "living under a rock"

[ I have used express in my last company, and I am asking this as a user who had used it and found it to be really pleasant to use ] I am really confused by this. Is it really that…

On the business side, I am with you and I don't use Threads at all (or know anyone in my circle who does) This talk is from a technical perspective - and whatever your thoughts on …

I am with you. I am personally feeling bad that he died. Can't remember any time in recent history when a person with whom I have no personal connecting died, and it is impacting m…

I have no doubt that we humans would find fault with Buddha as well, so I am a little intrigued by this criticism (as someone mentioned he would be 9 years old when coal mining inc…

Wow, I came here to write exactly that, and its heartening to see that I am not crazy Just reading the title, with microsoft.com in bracket, I knew two things: 1. It would be writt…

I also like the fact that how he says that that theorem was a good theorem for the time but is now not that relevant Maybe PACELC is better theorem, maybe not - but I guess three l…

I am also using intelliJ, but have started tinkering with Cursor My hunch says that IDEA should be worried a lot. If I am on the edge evaluating other tools because of AI assisted …