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Re:Show HN: UXY – adding structure to Unix tools by wgoodall01 on Monday May 20, 2019 @09:30AM (#19960119)
Isn't it better to crash than to fail silently, possibly storing malformed data?
Re:Show HN: UXY – adding structure to Unix tools by lioeters on Monday May 20, 2019 @12:31PM (#19962119)
Known as "Fail early, fail loudly".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail-fast