Hacker News
new
|
past
|
comments
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
|
submit
login
brundolf
on Dec 4, 2021
|
parent
|
context
|
favorite
| on:
On Hubris and Humility: developing an OS for robus...
+1, it's become a mantra for me in any code I write that deals with foreign data (which is most of them). Really reshapes your thinking.
cle
on Dec 5, 2021
[–]
No rule of thumb should be a mantra. Parsing when you don’t need to induces unnecessary coupling, which can be quite undesirable in many scenarios. Like any technique, there are times when it’s worth it and times when it’s not.
clmay
on Dec 5, 2021
|
parent
[–]
Is "No rule of thumb should be a mantra" its own counterexample?
Guidelines
|
FAQ
|
Lists
|
API
|
Security
|
Legal
|
Apply to YC
|
Contact
Search:
