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Why is an "exciting" (antonym to boring) language bad for this, and what makes a language "exciting"?
Static typing makes it easier to discover errors before the code is running in production.
I saw a tweet that showed they didn't 'account for' leap years.. And by account for I mean: use a standard date library to handle dates. I too have made this mistake when younger and tried to be smart with dates, but not on a f'ing multi million dollar service >_<
I would love to get on RH put down train, but my not no name 401k provider had issues with their website entire Thurs morning last week. It is kinda like a bank rush, only really well heeled institutions can survive everyone and their mother jumping in the fray. Now.. the common question is whether the company should have an infrastructure that can support its customer load at times like this.
Another thing to consider is that there are so many great alternatives to RH that were online, despite encountering similar load. If the whole stock trading network went down that would be a different conversation, but users of other platforms were able to trade, and thus RH not being able to provide the infrastructure to handle the load is a huge disservice to its customers.
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Why is an "exciting" (antonym to boring) language bad for this, and what makes a language "exciting"?
Static typing makes it easier to discover errors before the code is running in production.
I saw a tweet that showed they didn't 'account for' leap years.. And by account for I mean: use a standard date library to handle dates. I too have made this mistake when younger and tried to be smart with dates, but not on a f'ing multi million dollar service >_<
I saw a tweet that showed they didn't 'account for' leap years.. And by account for I mean: use a standard date library to handle dates. I too have made this mistake when younger and tried to be smart with dates, but not on a f'ing multi million dollar service >_<
I checked one of their backend engineering job postings, using Python and Go... mostly python? Probably should have chosen something ~~boring~~ safe, like Java. A dynamic language like python/ruby doesn't seem to be a good choice for critical financial applications. I'm know it can be done in python, but its about curbing any potential for human errors. Interested in seeing the RCA for this.
You can write extremely safe code in any language. Python isn’t even a bad choice (compared to other dynamic languages) because you can at least get static type checking via type hints.
I said that at the end of my comment. But like you said, you have to opt-in to more rigorous checks instead of being forced to do them.
I saw a tweet that showed they didn't 'account for' leap years.. And by account for I mean: use a standard date library to handle dates. I too have made this mistake when younger and tried to be smart with dates, but not on a f'ing multi million dollar service >_<
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This is what $0 commissions gets you...
Most major discount brokerages are also at $0 commissions. They make their money off of net interest, asset management fees, margin, security lending arrangements, and order flow.