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Readit Newsstrongly-typed commented on Stringly Typed stefanjudis.com/blog/stri... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
strongly-typed commented on I recreated Shazam’s algorithm with Go github.com/cgzirim/not-sh... · Posted by u/ccgzirim
This is really cool. I’ve been itching to try building this exact kind of thing as part of my bucket list.
strongly-typed commented on Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go github.com/borgo-lang/bor... · Posted by u/manx
> In fact, Go doesn’t make you deal with your errors
Your right, it does not. I will _ =: an error in a throw away script all the time.
I see that in a code review, in production code... Big red flag. This is a departure from an exception, that might be thrown in one place and handled far far away from the code you're looking at.
I'm not an expert in Go, and my experience is somewhat limited, however, a few years back I fixed a really subtle bug in a project that was related to the fact that errors _weren't_ being handled correctly. As a relative newbie to Go, the code in the diff[0] didn't appear to be doing anything wrong, until I added some print statements and realized that the numbers were not adding up correctly. IMO, if the returned value had been more like a Rust optional or result type, I think this issue would have either not been a bug in the first place, or it would have been easier to spot the bug.
[0]: https://github.com/semilin/genkey/commit/fafed6744555c5a81fd...
EDIT: The fact that this was a bug at all makes me fear for the rest of the code base. If this one slipped through the cracks, how can I know that the rest of the code base is correct?
strongly-typed commented on TypeScript: Branded Types prosopo.io/articles/types... · Posted by u/arbol
While you're right that branding makes passing arguments more ergonomic, I will still always be able to do `as OrgId` or `as UserId` so you need to do have some failure handling anyway, unless you're okay with blowing up in the user's face.
The way you're describing it sounds to me like you are adding failure handling to handle cases where the programmer is intentionally misusing the thing. I would argue that in this type of situation, the error handling is not necessary because it would hide the fact that the thing is being misused.
Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding your comment. When you do `as OrgId` or `as UserId`, where do you envision those casts in ways that would require handling failures?
strongly-typed commented on Descent: A classic 3-D first-person shooter (2012) insectoid.budwin.net/dos/... · Posted by u/Lammy
The ray traced version is absolutely phenomenal. If you've never seen it or heard of it, check it out here:
strongly-typed commented on Descent: A classic 3-D first-person shooter (2012) insectoid.budwin.net/dos/... · Posted by u/Lammy
This is basically the only video game I've ever played or play today.
I took a 25 year hiatus playing, from 1996 to 2021 but I'm back at it now, playing on a period appropriate Windows 98 machine.
I love the original Descent and Descent 2 look and feel and graphics, I pass on the rebirths.
If you want a modern game from the same team with similar gameplay, try Overload on Steam.
Have you tried the ray traced version? In my opinion it's the best way to play it. https://github.com/BredaUniversityGames/DXX-Raytracer
Isn’t the pinyin for “肉” typically “ro”?
No, it’s ròu
This post coincides with a sudden major uptick in cancer related video recommendations on my YouTube feed. I wonder if other people are seeing the same thing.
Why did this post completely disappear from nearly the top of the front page? It's not even in the top 200.
I had to search for this post to find it after it suddenly disappeared.
Some tips:
1. Digital Ocean offer small VPS for $5 per month. That's a 50% saving right away!
2. Stick with Ubuntu in the beginning. It's not the best, but it's 100% good enough and has so much support and tutorials out there.
3. If you have a small VPS with not much RAM, definitely set up a swapfile. It gives you virtual RAM for doing RAM heavy things on a small VPS.
4. Use the virtual firewalls offered by your host rather than the server firewalls in the beginning. If you mess up a server firewall you may have to get your host to reset it for you. If you mess up a virtual firewall you can amend it through a web UI and get back to doing things quickly.
5. Learn to read man pages and log files. Between the two you can figure out how to do stuff, and then figure out why it isn't working correctly.
6. In terms of security, use a recent distro, use a firewall close everything you don't need, use SSH keys, and set up secure passwords for everything else, and you will avoid a lot of problems.
7. Keep an eye on resources, programs like top, uptime, free, df, and du will allow you to see what's using up CPU, RAM, or disk space.
8. Learn a relational database. MySQL or Postgres are good choices. This skill will keep you employed for years, almost every business uses a relational database in one way or another!
9. Have fun :)
Curious why you say Ubuntu is not the best. What would you consider better?