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The disadvantages of duplication are greatly reduced in the world of AI. From my experience it can easily detect the duplicates and refactor code safely. On the other hand, code without abstractions is easier to read and easier for AI.

With AI, we really need to rethink the clean code principles.

Re:Apple is increasing my cortisol levels on Saturday May 09, 2026 @07:22PM (#48079302)
There is no reason to tie the method of payment together with the method of distribution. They could distribute it through brew along with an optional license configuration. Downloading a cli from a browser is not convenient anyway. You need to copy the downloaded file somewhere that is loaded into the PATH.

And also, software that is downloaded from itch.io app does not require notarization.

Re:AWS Multiple Services Down in us-east-1 on Monday October 20, 2025 @04:48PM (#45649159)
Global services such as STS have regional endpoints, but is it really that common to hit specific endpoint rather than use the default?
Re:AWS Multiple Services Down in us-east-1 on Monday October 20, 2025 @04:38PM (#45649012)
Customers in all regions were affected…
An update to the internal database. It still did not sunk to developers that data has equivalent risk as code. A400 crashed because of an XML file update. I have witnessed my share of critical bugs caused by "innocent? updates to "data" which were treated less seriously because of this. Management and devs alike should change their conception about this.