Calling Postel's Law the "Making matters worse" Law is very fitting. Also a wonderful example for why Programming and Engineering are two very different disciplines.
He nails the problem with NodeJS, without even mentioning npm and the problems it adds. I like Node, but the whole ecosystem is volatile and deeply insecure (lol, leftpad, lol)
Calling Postel's Law the "Making matters worse" Law is very fitting.
Also a wonderful example for why Programming and Engineering are two very different disciplines.
I miss this great man
Really great talk. Joe Armstrong has so much experience from the real world.
RIP, Joe.
49:00 hilarious!
He nails the problem with NodeJS, without even mentioning npm and the problems it adds. I like Node, but the whole ecosystem is volatile and deeply insecure (lol, leftpad, lol)
Can't get Geico gecko out of my mind.
Master of Desaster.
git torrent 😁👌