Lessons from 14 Years at Google

Re:Lessons from 14 Years at Google by kyrra on Sunday January 04, 2026 @12:27PM (#46490091)

This was well talked about in Hyrums Law, which came from a Googler as well.

https://www.hyrumslaw.com/

> With a sufficient number of users of an API, it does not matter what you promise in the contract: all observable behaviors of your system will be depended on by somebody.

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Re:Lessons from 14 Years at Google by mjevans on Sunday January 04, 2026 @01:29PM (#46490739)

I believe it.

I also believe an off the shelf example of how to use the library correctly will save everyone a lot of pain later.

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Re:Lessons from 14 Years at Google by shermantanktop on Sunday January 04, 2026 @11:11PM (#46495268)

I always strongly suggest sample code to people designing new APIs. Can be a very revealing exercise.

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