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That is not the only other alternative.

You can do A/B testing splitting up your audience in groups, having some audience use A, and others use B - all the time.

I think the article’s author is frustrated over sometimes getting A and at other times B, and not knowing when he is on either.

Re:Git Rebase for the Terrified on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @05:32AM (#46599279)
> I always use VS Code for this step. Its merge conflict UI is the clearest I’ve found: it shows “Accept Current Change,” “Accept Incoming Change,” “Accept Both Changes,” and “Compare Changes” buttons right above each conflict.

I still get confused by vscode’s changing the terms used by Git. «Current» vs «incoming» are not clear, and can be understood to mean two different things.

- Is “current” what is on the branch I am rebasing on? Or is it my code? (It’s my code)

- Is “incoming” the code I’m adding to the repo? Or is it what i am rebasing on to? (Again, the latter is correct)

I find that many tools are trying to make Git easier to understand, but changing the terms is not so helpful. Since different tools seldom change to the same words, it just clutters any attempts to search for coherent information.

Re:Progressive JSON on Sunday June 01, 2025 @05:49AM (#44149736)
I was asking the same questions.

- FE is short for the Front End (UI)

- BFF is short for Backend For Frontend

Re:Space Debris: Is It a Crisis? on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:51AM (#43568284)
When we are locked in by the Kessler Syndrome, are the extra terresterial aliens then also locked out from trying to «visit» us? ;)
Re:Building a highly-available web service without a database on Saturday August 10, 2024 @05:45AM (#41208389)
> As implemented, you’ll now need to implement a ton of custom logic for the necessary data transforms. With Postgres, there’s a really good chance you could do all of that by manipulating the backups with a few lines of SQL.

Isn’t writing «a few Lines of SQL» also custom logic? The difference is just the language.

It is also possible that the custom data store is more easily manipulated with other languages than SQL.

SQL really is great for manipulating data, but not all relational databases are easy to work with.

Re:An Introduction to CSS-Doodle on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @06:33AM (#40716061)
So what is CSS-Doodle then? I still have noe idea after this so called «introduction»
Re:NASA is working on new clock for the Moon on Saturday April 06, 2024 @05:57AM (#39951288)
> Unlike on Earth, the moon will not have daylight saving time

Glad to hear that :) DST has caused my team our fair share of headaches and troubles…

Re:It's time to let go, Apache Software Foundation on Monday September 25, 2023 @12:28PM (#37646483)
Could it be someone is hiding information in there? Could this be steganography? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography
Re:On the 10th anniversary of the Snowden revelations on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @07:42AM (#37403706)
From that post: As NSA General Counsel Stewart Baker has said, “metadata absolutely tells you everything about somebody’s life. If you have enough metadata, you don’t really need content.”
Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:42AM (#37236783)
No, you would have money in a bank account, and transfer the money to the receipients bank account. No cash payment needed.