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Apr 5, 2020 at 06:03
A defence of microservices, from a successful mobile-first UK bank:
How does Monzo keep 1,600 microservices spinning? Go, clean code, and a strong team
Well-known software development principles count for more than technology choices

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A really nuanced take from the Department of Defence on the economics of OSS and why people contribute fixes:
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Jan 30, 2022 at 22:17
TIL that Ada was the result of a language competition, seeking to replace the 450(!) programming languages in use at the department of defence: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-01-unified-engineering-i-ii-iii-iv-fall-2005-spring-2006/comps-programming/15_robertdewar.pdf
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"it’s safer to add or remove classes on a specific HTML node than to add or remove styles in a class that applies on many elements" A defence of utility-first CSS, and how semantic classes can convey less information:
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