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  One mistake that almost every programming language seems to make is conflating files with compilation units with namespaces

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  Another day another proof of false...

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  Haskell association lists have to be the *worst* possible data structure imaginable...

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  Well this is pretty damning... https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/

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  I love AI it's so useful!

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  When looked at the right way, init systems like systemd, launchd, etc are build systems; instead of building a piece of software, they build a working environment. This is more than just a vague metaphor: most reasonable init systems will have a way of expressing dependencies, expected outputs, etc. What *is* legitimately different is that init systems keep running after the artifact is built, and have rules that dynamically fire; EG: a rule that fires when network configurations change, a rul...