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I'll take the minimal hassle of having to compile a go program over a complex shell script that only the author understands (if that) any day. Performance isn'
by lxgr 1y ago
I'll take the minimal hassle of having to compile a go program over a complex shell script that only the author understands (if that) any day.
Performance isn't everything; readability and maintainability matter too.
- timeon 1y ago> Performance isn't everything; readability and maintainability matter too. Is that case for this vibe-coded thing? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45513562 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45513562
- lxgr 1y agoNo idea, I haven't had a look at this code in particular. I'm just saying that I've seen several "small tools that could have been shell scripts" in Go or another more structured language and never wished they were shell scripts instead.