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by arinlen 5y ago
> Correctness in Python is all about unit tests - if you don't bother with them then you're playing with fire (and of course I often "play with fire"). But Python does support type hints, and tools like MyPy do use th
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by arinlen 5y ago
> Then I realized it was an Onion story. From the looks of it, indeed too many people are still being fooled by Onion stories.
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by arinlen 5y ago
> It’s funny because the Onion has long since stopped being controversial enough to be at risk of being banned by anyone. If the Onion stopped being controversial, that's because too many people started to confuse articles posted by
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by arinlen 5y ago
> The whole point of the earlier comments is that it is preferable to use a package manager instead of using a browser to download binaries. But there are package managers for Windows, aren't there? Microsoft even has its own app st
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by arinlen 5y ago
> On Windows, well, you feelin lucky? Doesn't chocolatey fit the bill? https://chocolatey.org/
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by arinlen 5y ago
> The problem with most CI/CD systems is that people tightly couple themselves to the tool without really understanding it - the point the article is making. It's worth noting that tight coupling to CICD services doesn't h
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by arinlen 5y ago
> Google didn't get worse, the internet did and Google just reflects the junk we put in the pile. Given Google's role in pushing stuff like Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), I'd say that Google's role in d
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by arinlen 5y ago
I'd add that the recent wave of spam plaguing Google Drive, and lack of adequate response from Google to address this massive problem, also contributes to erode confidence in their services.