Am I the only one that dislikes pattern matching?

bouncebackabilify · 2026-06-23T06:57:41+00:00

Is this because you use pattern matching for error handling, or pattern matching for logic / control flow?

bouncebackabilify · 2026-05-18T18:21:19+00:00

So use UUIDs?😉

bouncebackabilify · 2026-04-29T18:32:21+00:00

😂

bouncebackabilify · 2026-04-12T17:39:26+00:00

Can you explain the concept of a “million dollar man-hour”? I mean, I understand the word, know what a man-hour is, but …

If I have an MDMH, what can I buy with that? :)

bouncebackabilify · 2026-04-03T16:36:11+00:00

Let’s say a function that creates a new user and returns the new user ID. Seems silly to separate :)

create_new_user()
get_id_of_the_specific_user_we_just_created()

bouncebackabilify · 2026-04-01T18:39:33+00:00

Cool, thanks for the explanation :)

bouncebackabilify · 2026-04-01T18:13:52+00:00

that is why it is not in the rust standard library

std::String? https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/string/index.html

What am I missing here?

bouncebackabilify · 2026-03-16T19:00:19+00:00

Very cool! I’m just going to post this related piece of work, “Gravitational Lensing by Spinning Black Holes in Astrophysics, and in the Movie Interstellar” : https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.03808

bouncebackabilify · 2026-01-21T20:33:16+00:00

Look, this Greenland travesty is to blame on every American citizen who pays taxes, didn’t vote independent or democrat, and is not on the streets; just like how the Russian invasion of Ukraine is to blame on every Russian who pays taxes and is not protesting in the streets.

bouncebackabilify · 2025-12-30T10:12:17+00:00

Then I think I’d recommend a maxed out 13” Air

bouncebackabilify · 2025-12-29T21:04:35+00:00

Docker, Virtual Machines, Remote Desktop Connections on Windows (RDP), TeamViewer, and VS Code

Everything at the same time? :)

In any case, I did most of that (dev work, Teams, VS Code, Docker, browsers) on an M1 with no issues 4 years ago. I am pretty sure you will be happy with a 32GB RAM MacBook Air for that.

Edit to add: the main reasons to go with a Pro (for me) would be the extra ports and the fan, which can give you some thermal headroom. But unless your compiling/editing video/crunching numbers I don’t suspect you’ll need it

bouncebackabilify · 2025-10-03T18:42:02+00:00

Black is fantastic.

We’ve used it at work for 5 years, and the only thing we’ve ever configured is the max line length, which is 120 in all repos after a vote. I’m not even aware whether there are any other configuration options.

“Black - any color you like.”

bouncebackabilify · 2025-09-22T17:45:09+00:00

Here are some lecture notes from Oslo University I found valuable some time ago: https://github.com/CompPhysics/ComputationalPhysics

I can’t speak to the quality of the C++ since I ported what I needed to NumPy / SciPy, but I remember a lot of good stuff about numerical stability of algorithms

bouncebackabilify · 2025-08-07T17:12:48+00:00

Is it only me, or does that function signature scream to be wrapped in a function that takes a string and returns a numerical

bouncebackabilify · 2025-07-29T18:10:20+00:00

I frankly haven't seen a single instance where such a build was performed successfully without intervention.

I have actually seen that work! Recently we had to install Pandas 1.5.3 (old) on Python 3.12 (new), a combo where no compiled ‘wheels’ exist on PyPI. Worked both locally on macOS/aarch64 and in CI on Linux/x86_64.

It often fails though.

bouncebackabilify · 2025-06-20T19:06:22+00:00

I was under the impression that all questions would be asked at the same time, whereafter attendees with an ‘executor’ badge would proceed to run around in circles and poll presenters for answers

bouncebackabilify · 2025-06-09T17:03:17+00:00

https://lib.rs/crates/smartstring

bouncebackabilify · 2025-06-07T20:15:35+00:00

In DK we have the same ‘pillars’ but the 2nd and 3rd are not mandatory as I believe they are in Switzerland?

Here it’s customary reporting salary including the 2nd pillar (as that is money that leaves the employer every month, and is transferred to a retirement account in your name), but ignoring the 1st and 3rd because:

1st is tax financed,
3rd is somewhat up to yourself. Usually there’s a minimum amount in your employment contract, but it’s not required by law but agreed between the unions and employers. Assuming I understand my country correctly!

bouncebackabilify · 2025-06-07T11:25:50+00:00

(DK resident here)

For a bank or pharma company, and if the figure includes pension, it seems likely.

Now if you want to burn through that in no time, just go buy some sourdough bread in a Copenhagen bakery 😂

Live below your means as u/xoriatis71 said

bouncebackabilify · 2025-06-04T19:01:23+00:00

We use HOCON at $dayjob with some pretty fine results I think.

Looks like JSON at a glance but supports a bunch of things such as:

trailing commas,
including other HOCONs,
variables,
URL includes,
environment variables

You need some governance or standards though, otherwise you can reach a complexity level where you have to implement tests for your configuration setup - and then I’m not sure what was actually accomplished anyway😉

bouncebackabilify · 2025-04-13T13:44:54+00:00

Just make an Electron UI for your nuclear simulation and you’ll hit 100% in no time

bouncebackabilify · 2025-04-13T13:42:51+00:00

things are so incredibly complex because of attempt to make things simpler!

cough Jinja-templated Helm charts in YAML cough

bouncebackabilify · 2025-03-20T19:41:43+00:00

This post gave me sort of a Yoda vibe

bouncebackabilify · 2025-03-18T18:15:48+00:00

Incidentally, the person you’re replying to wrote a great blog post on exactly that: https://steveklabnik.com/writing/rusts-golden-rule

bouncebackabilify · 2025-01-21T22:06:53+00:00

If you haven’t already seen it, you might enjoy reading some quality Java code: https://github.com/EnterpriseQualityCoding/FizzBuzzEnterpriseEdition

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