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Jun 21, 2020 at 04:41
I feel like pagination is an unsolved problem on online stores. How many items per page should you show? Should you allow Show All? Should you implement infinite scroll? There doesn't seem to consensus around design best practices.

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Mar 28, 2025 at 03:21
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I'm trying to decide the best voice for PL documentation. Passive: "`let` can be used with destructuring." Reader focused: "You can use `let` with destructuring." Describing the PL: "FooLang supports destructuring with `let`." Anyone have opinions or best practices?
Feb 10, 2024 at 20:15
The Ruby on Rails guides use "please" when suggesting other resource to read or best practices to follow. For example: https://guides.rubyonrails.org/autoloading_and_reloading_constants.html I've not seen this docs convention before. I certainly see the appeal for describing best practices: "your collaborators will appreciate it!"
Autoloading and Reloading Constants — Ruby on Rails Guides
Autoloading and Reloading Constants — Ruby on Rails Guides
This guide documents how autoloading and reloading works in zeitwerk mode.After reading this guide, you will know: Related Rails configuration Project structure Autoloading, reloading, and eager loading Single Table Inheritance And more
Feb 7, 2023 at 01:37
Which programming languages are the closest to 'finished'? In other words, which are unlikely to expand core features or syntax such that best practices change. C and Scheme seem to fit this, are there other languages?