System design and the cost of architectural complexity

Re:System design and the cost of architectural complexity by a4isms on Thursday April 06, 2023 @02:54PM (#35472754)

FYI, it's "toeing" the line. It's an expression from track and field, where at the start of each race the competitors place the tip ("toe") of their foot on the start line when they're ready to run.

Similar to the expression "Up to scratch." In a boxing ring, there is a line in the ring that boxers must come to to begin the fight. To be "up to scratch" is to be ready and worthy of the fight, and from that, to be of acceptable quality or capability.

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Re:System design and the cost of architectural complexity by pksebben on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:14PM (#35473028)

Minor correction for your correction:

"Toe the line" most likely has it's roots in military tradition [1]. To toe the line is to stand at the line for inspection - it's still used that way today (I had to do it myself in boot camp).

Relevant, as in this context, it means being obedient to the hierarchy.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_the_line#:~:text=The%20mos....

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Re:System design and the cost of architectural complexity by a4isms on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:26PM (#35473187)

Most interesting, I do believe you're right!

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Re:System design and the cost of architectural complexity by piotr-yuxuan on Thursday April 06, 2023 @04:29PM (#35473964)

Interesting, I hadn't seen #:~:text=abc before. It does nothing on my browser (Firefox 109.0b9 on macOS) but is it inteded to highlight text?

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Re:System design and the cost of architectural complexity by aidos on Thursday April 06, 2023 @05:52PM (#35475034)

It does on Chrome. I believe it’s used from Google search results to link you to the relevant place in the page.

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