No rule of thumb should be a mantra. Parsing when you don’t need to induces unne... | Hacker News

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		cle on Dec 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On Hubris and Humility: developing an OS for robus... 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 | [–]

Is "No rule of thumb should be a mantra" its own counterexample?

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