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1. 1.▲
   by 0x6877 4y ago

   Sometimes you need to instantiate a struct, usually in a test, that contains a bunch of pointers to built in types. Say a struct representing a json request body with optional fields. You can’t just take a pointer to a string literal `&
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   by 0x6877 8y ago

   I'm working on something similar but it's still a work in progress. And it's not quite point a domain to it and your done type setup just yet. It takes advantage of mailgun and uses webhooks rather than hosting an email serve
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   by 0x6877 9y ago

   I disagree that it’s half the hassle. With serverless I don't have to keep the os’s updated and hardened, manage load balancing or scaling (yes I’m aware of the cold start latency cost). It does that all for me. I also don’t have to wo
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   by 0x6877 9y ago

   I’d argue that if you’re doing serverless right you should be abstracting away the particulars of the serverless provider and implementing your functions in an provider agnostic way. A good example would be using something like apex/ga
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   by 0x6877 9y ago

   Exactly. Why should anyone? You should just be able to look at the cable and know what it does. Which as the article points out is not the current situation. The person I replied to stated that googling it is the answer but not everyone is
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   by 0x6877 9y ago

   Most tech users... not every user is as tech savvy as your average HN reader and able to google these things, and that’s the issue.