@jmoiron @bryanl @IanMLewis I do agree in the small, but I think how comments get better the larger their scope. The Go gc/vm and map implementation have lots of how in them. I also think we overestimate our ability to understand systems just from reading code.
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@jmoiron @bryanl @IanMLewis I often do give this feedback on how comments. If you're taking time to give the reviewer some context, why leave it out for future readers?
@jmoiron @pmbauer @jamiealquiza You could make a case that it is a cosmetic change that is not a real improvement, but IMHO it's a legitimate addition (it's a new way to return, so that's a big change) that accomplishes its objectives but undermines the strengths of its platform.
@jmoiron @jamiealquiza What is so frustrating about Go is that everyone knows what its biggest strength is (it's easy to read), and everyone agrees why (it's very simplistic and limited), but people nonetheless think you can sacrifice one and retain the other.
@jmoiron Go PL change discussions: "The Rolls Royce Phantom is great; quiet, comfortable... but it's a bit slow. Let's fix that by stripping out the heavy soundproofing, adding a supercharger, sports suspension, recaro racing seats, run-flat tires, and a racing exhaust."
@jmoiron @calebspare 20+40 is 60, 7+8 is 15, 60+15 is 75
@jmoiron RT @dgryski: Strong recommend here. These people really know their stuff. https://t.co/R4Df29j0sR
@jmoiron The LiNK paper finally hit "the morning paper" today; hot takes on twitter are (predictably) glib. Do y'all like, SELECT * FROM table, and then sort it out in the app? Pushing the app to the data is a no brainer for some types of systems.
@jmoiron @DanielMorsing @dgryski These details never really materialized for the slicer paper, either, although there was enough there to put a fuller picture together, eventually.
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@jmoiron RT @berenyi_miki: This is why I don't go on Facebook https://t.co/0HZmME43Sq
@jmoiron There's more to learn in software development than programming languages.
@jmoiron We need a "slow food" software movement. https://t.co/tugwXoDvQn
@jmoiron @SlackHQ Yes exactly, because it moves, and I am not expecting anything to move there, and my starred channels have been very stable over a long period. All other status changes are in-place visual indicators (badges, bold, etc).
@jmoiron I've already been unable to find the room I'm looking for several times due to the new @SlackHQ drafts feature.
@jmoiron @k_sheffield @carmatrocity basket case was the first one I thought of, here's the backup https://t.co/aixunFuVWR
@jmoiron @rogpeppe @elithrar It is hard, but when half of the proposal turns out to have issues, that's a hint that there may be a better way, not confirmation that the remaining half is the correct subset to implement and merge.
@jmoiron @elithrar Very similar to what happened with type aliases; it's not a great precedent imho.
@jmoiron RT @rogpeppe: Uncomfortable with the currently proposed errors design in #golang, I finally arrived at a design that feels simple enough to…
@jmoiron Go community generics counter-proposals are all so focused on syntax, which is less than half of the problem. There are only two unresolved issues: what is an appropriate extension of type expression for Go, and what does the stack look like for `func f(t T) T`?
@jmoiron What a load of bollocks https://t.co/iEVPbgtPJQ
@jmoiron Slack's thread viewing options: a sidebar too narrow to read snippets in that updates normally, and a "threads" view that is the normal width but requires you to click a link to see new messages.
@jmoiron @A_W_Gordon Octopus was launched in HK in 1997, Suica in Tokyo (at ~420 stations) in 2001. There's been 10 years of experience for 10 years. Would NYC have screwed it up anyway? Maybe; americans refuse to consider foreign infra expertise as valid in america. But the competenc...
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