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The given examples of utf-8 support and reading headers from CSVs are things that (depending on stack etc.) can be nearly or actually free if you build that way
by strken 2y ago
The given examples of utf-8 support and reading headers from CSVs are things that (depending on stack etc.) can be nearly or actually free if you build that way from the start. I read the original post as saying something like "good engineers don't shoot themselves in the foot as much".
- Vinnl 2y agoOne challenge is when eg you're doing a code review and see that someone set it up with a non-utf8 column. In that specific case it's probably easy to fix, but it's still strictly extra work even if it hadn't been if it had been set up as such in the first place. I struggle with making that trade-off in terms of what's worth pointing out. Often what I'll do is point it out, but with an explicit disclaimer that I'm mostly pointing it out because it's good to know for the future, but that it's not a blocker (for larger chunks of work).
- arnorhs 2y agoYeah, that's the kind of tradeoff I have a hard time with as well. It's like .. well, you don't strictly need to.. but why not?