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Re:Excessive nil pointer checks in Go on Sunday June 21, 2026 @06:43AM (#48617619)
applies to all languages, actually. Fail fast, handle errors at place, etc. I really hate Java for its runtime exceptions, you really have no idea where and how your code will fail
Re:How many of the 170k English words do you know? on Saturday June 20, 2026 @07:03AM (#48608300)
It's made with AI and I don't know to what extent. That's enough to have no trust in the results. As a non-native speaker I find those words weird. Some "core words" I have no idea about, but many of the expert ones are easy. So yeah, at least I hope the author had fun vibe-coding it.
Re:How many of the 170k English words do you know? on Saturday June 20, 2026 @06:59AM (#48608283)
>Gemini 3 Flash AI enough to ingore the results