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I highly recommend you to rethink error handling. No way to know if function throws exceptions, no way to know what kind of exceptions. This is a minefield.
Do you have any advice for someone who wants to take this path? I'm betting on determinism, simulations, tests and CEL.
Re:A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time on Thursday June 25, 2026 @03:50PM (#48678368)
So they were polished? We already know how to do it.
Re:Orthodox C++ on Saturday June 13, 2026 @12:19PM (#48518701)
At this point, if you want better C, just use Zig.
Re:New YC homepage on Saturday January 24, 2026 @05:13AM (#46742355)
No dark mode. Classic.
Ukraine is Europe. And what does US do? Threatens Ukraine into giving away land.

"Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed"

Re:Building a Durable Execution Engine with SQLite on Friday November 21, 2025 @04:27PM (#46009178)
Sounds like a Celery with SQLAlchemy backend.
Re:The Uselessness of "Fast" and "Slow" in Programming on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @09:25AM (#45966463)
Agreed, some languages and frameworks have trouble scaling https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45950542
Re:Obsidian Note Codes on Monday September 22, 2025 @02:17AM (#45329689)
Oh, I thought it meant written in the Notes app. I guess it's nice for those, who don't use johnny decimal system.
Re:Obsidian Note Codes on Monday September 22, 2025 @01:26AM (#45329373)
Why? You can already link notes: obsidian://open?vault=Documents&file=Ideas
Re:When the job search becomes impossible on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @11:31PM (#45271318)
Obsidian app with it's latest "bases" feature (or Dataview plugin) would work nicely for this.
Re:Becoming the person who does the thing on Friday September 12, 2025 @09:05AM (#45221700)
Mindlessness is a positive thing here. You don't have to think, just follow the moves, hit your goals and the numbers will naturally go up over time.
Re:Why I Use a Dumbphone in 2025 (and Why You Should Too) on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:32AM (#44178832)
One simple solution is to buy a cheap used phone. Every app is made for flagships now. You'll still be able to use the apps, but everything will lag.
Re:Why I Use a Dumbphone in 2025 (and Why You Should Too) on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:22AM (#44178754)
Damn, I guess I skimmed the article with my short attention span :). He's right, but the title is clickbaity.
Re:Why I Use a Dumbphone in 2025 (and Why You Should Too) on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @05:12AM (#44178683)
> TikTok, Instagram Shorts, YouTube Reels

Just don't install these apps? There are tons of useful apps that don't require your constant attention.

Re:Hacker News now runs on top of Common Lisp on Monday May 26, 2025 @02:34PM (#44100213)
uBlock origin filter:

    ! Hacker News dark mode
    news.ycombinator.com##html:style(filter:invert(90%) hue-rotate(180deg))
    news.ycombinator.com##body:style(background: white)
Re:Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua on Friday May 16, 2025 @05:31AM (#44003393)
I'm getting `TypeError: e is null` by opening this website in a new tab.

Firefox 138.0.1

Is it better than DeepL own extension?

Edit: it is.

Re:Bad Moon Rising on Thursday January 09, 2025 @11:36AM (#42647318)
You can look up Ellen Pao and her time as interim CEO of Reddit for recent example.
Re:Generate video sprites using just FFmpeg on Thursday November 28, 2024 @02:10AM (#42263142)
You can make a playlist with start-time and stop-time.

https://scriptun.com/tools/video/m3u-playlist-generator

That would be a great way to create smyths (streamlined mythbusters).

Re:INNER JOIN ON vs WHERE clause on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @06:05AM (#41993364)
Wonder what's the difference in PRQL...
Re:Lab Leak 2.0? on Monday January 03, 2022 @11:00PM (#29791146)
It took 4 billion years to get to this point. Plenty of time.
Re:More Casio Watch Mods on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @02:10AM (#28613538)
Re:More Casio Watch Mods on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @12:33PM (#28606790)
How do you like SKMEI? Backlight must be way better than F91W.
Re:A sewing page that never closed its font size HTML tags on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @03:52AM (#28058418)
Seen the same happen 5 years ago on some Rainbow band fan site. It even could reliably crash firefox.
Re:Crazy Clock on Friday June 25, 2021 @06:05AM (#27628901)
The ultra-quiet Quartex® Continuous Sweep Mini Clock Movement is a quartz clock movement that moves the second hand in a smooth, continuous motion. This continuous motion eliminates the ticking sound traditional clock motors make.
Re:A URL Lengthener on Saturday May 15, 2021 @12:01AM (#27162233)
Why do you use Internet Explorer 6-8 on the internet?
Re:Permission.site on Friday March 26, 2021 @01:16AM (#26588961)
Maybe it's used for fullscreen games?
Re:Google admits Kubernetes container tech is too complex on Friday February 26, 2021 @04:50AM (#26273079)
vagrant and ansible can help.

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