morg

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Demystifying git branches: comparing intuition with their actual function (jvns.ca)
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The cost-benefit analysis of developing libraries versus services (catern.com)
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Interactive challenges to master JavaScript promises (github.com)
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Implementing stack walking in an x64 Windows debugger (www.timdbg.com)
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ISO/IEC 1539-1:2023 for Fortran Base Language published (www.iso.org)
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The art of the sacrificial 'duck' in programming projects (rachelbythebay.com)
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Ultrafastbert: achieving a 78x speedup in language modelling with selective neuron engagement (arxiv.org)
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How large pull requests can exacerbate complexity and slow down development (graphite.dev)
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The shifting ownership of AI development from academia to industry (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] morg@zorg.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are some pretty wild takes here. I fully support his freedom to code in whatever style he wants to but a few of these are very un-idiomatic and will make it harder for anyone else to understand his code. eg. I do see some older C code which uses custom names for the standard integer types, but most of it's trying to solve legacy windows portability annoyances, not just redefine the world for the sake of personal taste. I'd hope that modern code wouldn't do that. He might like it but it just increases friction for anyone else working on his code.

There are some poorly thought out takes too: "const doesn't help with optimisation so I don't use it". const isn't there for optimisation, it's there to expose bugs in memory handling. This is basically a statement that he refuses to use best practices for avoiding bugs.

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