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Re:A Note on Essential Complexity by 082349872349872 on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @12:44AM (#40714148)
> there's the data that's read, the rules applied, and the data that's written

and each rule applied can do one of three basic things: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32498382

I like to collapse layers that are doing the "same kind" of thing according to the taxonomy above.

Re:A Note on Essential Complexity by karmakaze on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @10:05AM (#40718025)
In my description the 'rules' are strictly "crunch code"--both "glue" and "parsley code" would be considered plumbing, with the latter being across systems.