Ask HN: What's some “one sentence” wisdom you've learned or created?

#1

Post by keanebean86 » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 4:42 PM UTC

It doesn't have to be one sentence but try to be concise. Something you'd end a code review comment with or mention to a Jr dev that's easy to remember.

Today I realized "there's a fine line between credit and blame" but that's a little too pessimistic to be real advice.

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#2

Post by martinrlzd » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 4:45 PM UTC

"Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life."

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#3

Post by jburwell » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 4:53 PM UTC

Bad news does not age well.

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#4

Post by AnimalMuppet » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:09 PM UTC

The most general problem cannot be solved.

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#5

Post by fsflover » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:13 PM UTC

"If you have no backup, you have no data. If you have one backup, you have no backup."

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#6

Post by SvenL » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:27 PM UTC

“In a pile of crap, even copper shines like gold.”

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#7

Post by piinbinary » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:48 PM UTC

fsflover wrote: post #5

"If you have no backup, you have no data. If you have one backup, you have no backup."

Backups you've never tested are not a backup

(backups encrypted with a key no one has access to are not a backup)

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#8

Post by T-A » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:50 PM UTC

Never eat a grapefruit in front of a computer screen.

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#9

Post by Konohamaru » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:57 PM UTC

jburwell wrote: post #3

Bad news does not age well.

My interpretation of your aphorism: bad news is not forever.

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#10

Post by masukomi » Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 6:01 PM UTC

fsflover wrote: post #5

"If you have no backup, you have no data. If you have one backup, you have no backup."

similar version that's been around for a while:

Two is one. One is none.