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layer8yesterday at 5:55 PM2 repliesview on HN

Code not compiling is still the good case, because you’ll notice before deployment. The dangerous cases are when it does compile.


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jwilliamsyesterday at 6:05 PM

Very true.

I realized recently that I've subconsciously routed-around merge conflicts as much as possible. My process has just subtly altered to make them less likely. To the point of which seeing a 3-way merge feels jarring. It's really only taking on AI tools that bought this to my attention.

Gibbon1yesterday at 9:23 PM

I've seen merged code where the memory barriers were misplaced.