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This is a whole ̶l̶o̶n̶g̶ blog post about someone who was surprised that he could use a crate to parse SQL queries in Rust. A bit of an underwhelming read to m
by kleiba 2y ago
This is a whole ̶l̶o̶n̶g̶ blog post about someone who was surprised that he could use a crate to parse SQL queries in Rust. A bit of an underwhelming read to me personally.
- swombat 2y agoNot even that long, but I agree on the "underwhelming"... "Oh I found some niche issue that bothered me and wrote some code to fix it." -> HN Front Page
- bravetraveler 2y agoVirtue trifecta; Rust, testing, and "just"
- disgruntledphd2 2y agoIt's a great title of which we all need reminding.
- maccard 2y agoIf it’s that simple where are your front page blog posts for fixing niche issues?
- kubb 2y agoIt’s actually a great reminder that a good framing and sales pitch matter a whole lot. The author isn’t just recounting their story, they’re selling it as a lesson in a generic approach that will make you a better engineer. Whether they can deliver on that promise doesn’t matter. It’s the feeling that’s clickable.
- karparov 2y agoTbf, it's not their fault it made it to the HN front page. Are we going to criticise every little innocent blog post just because somebody liked it, submitted it to HN and it got enough upvotes?
- kubb 2y agoI don’t see a problem with making polite observations about aspects of the content that makes it to the top.
- nkrisc 2y agoIf this isn’t a place to discuss the submissions, what is it?
- karparov 2y agoDiscussing is obviously fine. But sometimes some innocent blog posts get criticised as if they claimed that they solved world hunger. They don't. They are often just some random thought in a rarely-read blog. Nobody intended to go convince a gang of seasoned hackers that they have undisputable wisdom.
- _dain_ 2y agoThere's a difference between intellectually "knowing" that you can parse SQL, and actually going out and trying it and finding that it's practical to do in a test suite. I found the article valuable.
- kleiba 2y ago> I found the article valuable. And that's great. Note that I specifically said that "for me personally", I found that article less valuable. But I'm certainly not claiming that everyone else should feel the same. As a matter of fact, I'm sure a lot of people find my comment to be of little value.
- simonw 2y agoIf someone figured out how to do a neat thing, learned some tricks along the way and wrote about it just in case it was useful to someone else - that person is doing useful work. More people should do that.