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Re:Tell HN: The site was offline. What changed? by FroshKiller on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @09:59AM (#7872471)
Suppose they want to change platforms in the future or release the codebase for others to use. It was apparently an easy enough change to implement now, so why not?
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Re:Tell HN: The site was offline. What changed? by Siecje on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @10:07AM (#7872521)
Pre mature optimization.
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Re:Tell HN: The site was offline. What changed? by squeaky-clean on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @11:20AM (#7873006)
This is the exact opposite of pre-mature optimization. They have a mature product that works. We're using it right now. And now they're future proofing it a bit.
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