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From one piece Don't Take the Black Pill (Text Adaptation) 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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We are learning that software quality was maintained only through the will of software engineers combined with their accidentally strong negotiation position in the job market.
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A person does not truly control a piece of software if they do not control its source code.Their words
If you don't control the source code, you are not in control.
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Computers and software should always serve the person directly using them, not the interests of third parties.Their words
Computers should always serve the person directly interacting with them.
9 July
From one piece My Thoughts on the Bun Rust Rewrite 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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The sleight of hand misdirects the reader away from the main way bugs are eliminated: by dedicating engineering resources to it.
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It's one thing to choose a poor work-life balance for oneself; a different thing entirely to demand it of others
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I see it as quite a healthy attitude, particularly for young people and students. This is the best way to level up and learn new things.
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Reusable code should take an allocator parameter only if it allocates, and an I/O parameter only if it performs I/O.Their words
Reusable code should accept an Allocator parameter if it needs to allocate, and it should accept an Io parameter if it needs to perform I/O operations.
29 August 2025
From one piece An Open Letter to Everyone I've Butted Heads With 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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If the leadership of one of your chosen favorite technologies makes a decision that you don't like, you are fucked. There is a huge range of decision-making in which the effects weigh heavily on any particular individual, and yet forking is not a realistic option.
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When people care about something but feel powerless to change it, their only resort is to lash out.Their words
When we care about something, but we perceive futility in our efforts to change it, our only resort is to lash out.
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Programming language and toolchain technology can have a huge impact. Specifically, even minor differences can affect the day-to-day lives of a large number of hours for a large number of people.
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From one piece Redis Renamed to Redict 2 beliefs · andrewkelley.me
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In short summary, the licenses limit the freedoms of what one can do with the software in order for Redis Labs to be solely enriched, while asking for volunteer labor, and having already
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Handing stewardship of Redis to a company whose goal is extracting profit was a mistake for the projectTheir words
I think that was an unfortunate move because their goal is mainly to extract profit from the software project rather than to uphold the ideals of Free and Open Source Software.
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RedictTheir words
In other words, Redict is the true spiritual successor to what was once Redis.
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musl libcTheir words
The Zig project owes a lot to musl, for many reasons
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