Your continued null usage is the secondhand smoke of programming Using null today is like smoking in the late 60’s. Experts agree it’s bad for you and the data backing up that claim is irrefutabl...

Developer time is worth far more than computer time. If you’re a typical Rust fan, you may feel very personally attacked today. When you join a Rust code base for the first time at work, you are...

When offering something dangerous, the utility must be great enough to warrant the costs. I’ve taken the position that features that are overwhelmingly used poorly and have workable alternatives ...

Exceptions are bad, m’kay? One of the ways Rust changed my mind is that it increased my intolerance of exceptions to the same degree of contempt I feel for inheritance and nulls. Namely, that its...

Should constructors really be special? You’ll often here new Rust developers say “Rust isn’t object oriented”. This is false, but why is it such a pervasive myth? The Rust book references that so...

I’ve accidentally followed the Gartner hype cycle. It’s been a year since I uploaded my original post on Eventual Inconsistency. In that time I’ve gone through a phases of way too much time inves...

Mutability is never desired; only required There has been a steady trend in programming languages towards increasing immutability. This is because immutability is a powerful tool for simplifying ...

In the process of fixing one problem, the Rust community discovered so much more. Oh boy. Here it comes. Another developer that soy’d out after drinking the Kool-Aid is here to proselytize us abo...

Wishing upon a star that people are better than they are is a terrible solution every time. - CGP Grey When someone proposes a solution to a human based problem I like to ask myself “will this wo...

Scrum is like [C]ommunism. It fails everywhere, every time, but they tell you “you aren’t doing it right.” - @svpino on Twitter Stand Ups Should Be Your Best Meeting, Not A Meme You probably hav...