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> there was this common saying: > "If the first version of your shell script is more than five lines long, you should have written it in Python." Seriously,
by Galanwe 5y ago
> there was this common saying:
> "If the first version of your shell script is more than five lines long, you should have written it in Python."
Seriously, these kind of "common knowledge", "universal truth in a sentence" sayings are often the mark of wannabe guru mid career engineers that have no clue what they are talking about.
- jsnelgro 5y agoThis is a toxic comment that adds nothing to the conversation.
- goldenkey 5y agoI don't know, the jo command seems a lot more readable to me than compressing json to a one line string. How is it toxic to call out a silly truthism?
- MathMonkeyMan 5y agoI agree with Galanwe, but > [...] are often the mark of wannabe guru mid career engineers that have no clue what they are talking about. is the "toxic" part. At least he says "are often," as not to accuse the anonymous mid career Google engineer.