Nobody has heard of persistent data structures?!
Readit Newsanacrolix commented on Show HN: A small programming language where everything is pass-by-value github.com/Jcparkyn/herd... · Posted by u/jcparkyn
I'm not even American, but wtf is Europe doing. They were once a moral bar now they're dropping the ball everywhere.
anacrolix commented on I hate GitHub Actions with passion xlii.space/eng/i-hate-git... · Posted by u/xlii
Its not Github Actions' fault but the horrors people create in it, all under the pretense that automation is simply about wrapping a GitHub Action around something. Learn to create a script in Python or similar and put all logic there so you can execute it locally and can port it to the next CI system when a new CTO arrives.
if you can't run it locally, it's shit
YES. SOMETHING.
anacrolix commented on State of the Fin 2026-01-06 jellyfin.org/posts/state-... · Posted by u/wise_blood
I can't understand the love for Jellyfin. Kodi lets you pick multiple sources of data, but Jellyfin flips it on its head and requires you pick a single server, choose the sources there, then add Kodi or something else all over again. It's just more steps for no gain.
anacrolix commented on Ask HN: Any Microsoft employees/devs here? What's happening to Microsoft? · Posted by u/thehamkercat
No vision.
Windows is utter ass.
They don't even use their own browser, languages, or OS half the time because they're so bad.
I don't use it but stuff like VS Code is a point of light but they run it like an internal project, and will drive it into the ground, just like GitHub.
I'm not even going to read the article and just respond to the headline. Linux is not good now. Windows and macOS are worse than they've ever been.
anacrolix commented on Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI skyview.social/?url=https... · Posted by u/christoph-heiss
I don’t really understand the hate he gets over this. If you want to thank someone for their contribution, do that yourself? Sending thank you from an ML model is anything but respectful. I can only imagine that if I got a message like that I’d be furious too.
This reminds me a story from my mom’s work from years ago: the company she was working for announced salary increases to each worker individually. Some, like my mom, got a little bit more, but some got a monthly increase around 2 PLN (about $0.5). At that point, it feels like a slap in the face. A thank you from AI gives the same vibe.
I got a cheque for some fuck up for $8. In this day and age, sending a cheque for a small amount like that is a dick move. You know heaps of people will not even bother. Many people have never seen a cheque these days.
Why doesn't it mention landlock?
because it's shit
anacrolix commented on When did people favor composition over inheritance? sicpers.info/2025/11/when... · Posted by u/ingve
In mainstream/SV coding, I would say the scales just barely tipped toward composition in the late 10s... There are plenty of programmers still completely oblivious, the inertia is huge. Plus the swing back is too strong, inheritance is very powerful, just not as generic as originally thought.