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Akronymus commented on Parse, Don't Validate (2019)   lexi-lambda.github.io/blo... · Posted by u/shirian
jonathanlydall · a day ago
I’m very much a proponent of statically typed languages and primarily work in C#.

We tried “typed” strings like this on a project once for business identifiers.

Overall it worked in making sure that the wrong type of ID couldn’t accidentally be used in the wrong place, but the general consensus after moving on from the project was that the “juice was not worth the squeeze”.

I don’t know if other languages make it easier, but in c# it felt like the language was mostly working against you. For example data needs to come in and out over an API and is in string form when it does, meaning you have to do manual conversions all the time.

In c# I use named arguments most of the time, making it much harder to accidentally pass the wrong string into a method or constructor’s parameter.

Akronymus · 13 hours ago
In f# you can use a single case discriminated union to get that behaviour fairly cheaply, and ergonomically.

https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/posts/designing-with-types...

Akronymus commented on Another GitHub outage in the same day   githubstatus.com/incident... · Posted by u/Nezteb
tosti · 2 days ago
Why does it trigger a usage limit whenever I search anything at all? Sometimes I can get through but when I go back one page, boom error.
Akronymus · 2 days ago
Oh I assumed that was just me/because of a linux OS.
Akronymus commented on Everything – Locate files and folders by name instantly   voidtools.com/... · Posted by u/idw
hermitcrab · 3 days ago
I've been using this tool for a while. It is incredibly useful. Kudos to the developer(s).

The real question is: why is the default Windows search so terrible? Did Microsoft make it useless on purpose?

Akronymus · 3 days ago
Because the default windows search actually iterates every folder/subfolder, rather than using the global file table, which "everything" uses
Akronymus commented on Sqldef: Idempotent schema management tool for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite   sqldef.github.io/... · Posted by u/Palmik
lun3x · 6 days ago
Tried it out now with SQLite to see what it does with difficult migrations, like adding a foreign key constraint to an existing table. Looks like it just generates invalid migrations, eg:

`ALTER TABLE books ADD CONSTRAINT fk_books_author FOREIGN KEY (author_id) REFERENCES authors (id)`

Which is not valid in SQLite (https://www.sqlite.org/lang_altertable.html)

Akronymus · 6 days ago
So you have to drop and re-add a column when adding foreign keys?
Akronymus commented on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)    · Posted by u/whoishiring
Akronymus · 9 days ago
Location: Upper Austria

Remote: Not needed

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C#, F#, dotnet, Aspnet core, CSS, JS, HTML, react, SQL, efcore, nodejs

Résumé/CV: Will be provided upon request

Email: Use the email on my profile, the email I posted here is now getting tons of spam

I have about 8 years of experience in software dev in total, looking for a non-senior position.

Akronymus commented on Malicious skills targeting Claude Code and Moltbot users   opensourcemalware.com/blo... · Posted by u/6mile
Akronymus · 12 days ago
Seems like essentially the same threat vector as with NPM.

Not quite related: I never heard of clawdbot before, so, I guess TIL that's the bot my website keeps getting requests that are obviously malicious from.

Akronymus commented on Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux   himthe.dev/blog/microsoft... · Posted by u/bobsterlobster
pksebben · 14 days ago
The only pain point I've found is VR. I've bounced off trying to get it working multiple times with the best results getting about 10% functional (video working on one or two games, input broken on all).

That said, I haven't tried getting the same kit working on windows so I can't say if it's any better.

Akronymus · 14 days ago
or DRM for old games that check stuff like the cd being present
Akronymus commented on Windows 11's Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse   windowscentral.com/micros... · Posted by u/01-_-
resonious · 15 days ago
If this is the case, Windows seems like it should be very important. Otherwise they can't deliver their subscription services. I'm not going to subscribe to cable TV if my TV is broken.
Akronymus · 15 days ago
It just has to be good enough to be able to deliver the service.

Their moat, for now, makes this possible.

Akronymus commented on Windows 11's Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse   windowscentral.com/micros... · Posted by u/01-_-
mossTechnician · 16 days ago
You're entirely right, but they need to maintain Windows in order to promote those services. The OS and their various applications have a symbiotic relationship where they prioritize each other.

If Microsoft discontinued Windows and switched to just providing web apps, the competition would be a lot stiffer.

Akronymus · 16 days ago
"maintain" meaning keeping it somewhat workable or actually improving it?

ATM windows still has enough of a moat that they can comfortably do the former.

Akronymus commented on Windows 11's Patch Tuesday nightmare gets worse   windowscentral.com/micros... · Posted by u/01-_-
xswhiskey · 16 days ago
How can a company this big fail so hard in what one would consider their main* product still baffles me.

*Yes, they probably make more revenue in Azure or Office365 licenses but at least when I think “Microsoft” I immediately think Windows.

Akronymus · 16 days ago
Because they no longer see windows as anything more than a delivery platform for their subscription services, IMO

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