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Re:Show HN: Postgresqlco.nf: PostgreSQL Configuration for Hu... by grilledchickenw on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:24PM (#22140373)
This is on a tangent, but I hate the "for humans" trend that Kenneth Reitz started with `requests`. What, does everyone else write code for porcupines?
Re:Show HN: Postgresqlco.nf: PostgreSQL Configuration for Hu... by sly010 on Friday January 24, 2020 @02:34PM (#22141662)
> What, does everyone else write code for porcupines?

Computers.

Re:Show HN: Postgresqlco.nf: PostgreSQL Configuration for Hu... by PeterisP on Friday January 24, 2020 @04:05PM (#22142449)
You can optimize a format or structure for the ease of automated processing, or for the ease of human reading and writing. These goals often require contradictory features and properties.
Re:Show HN: Postgresqlco.nf: PostgreSQL Configuration for Hu... by dinkleberg on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:28PM (#22140418)
I thought it was obvious, everything else is for code monkeys ;)