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For benefit of a friend new to HN (and anyone else who might be new here): Yes, the comments and the articles are almost separate, parallel discussions. The art
by tom-thistime 4y ago
For benefit of a friend new to HN (and anyone else who might be new here): Yes, the comments and the articles are almost separate, parallel discussions. The articles can be interesting in themselves, but for purposes of reading the comments, the articles are often just kind of inspirations or writing prompts.
So, yeah, the OP doesn't even mention code quality. The comments do. That's ok. It's just how the site works.
- yodsanklai 4y agoArticle start with variable names (which pertains to code quality) > Variable names are important because they communicate to the reader what’s happening. That’s their only job in code, so it’s important to name them well. Long verbose names don't cost anything:
- twic 4y agoHN maintainers should optimize page load time by just omitting the actual link to the article. The discussions would be pretty much the same.