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)
I miss this great man
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.
Really great talk. Joe Armstrong has so much experience from the real world.
RIP, Joe.
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)
49:00 hilarious!
Can't get Geico gecko out of my mind.
Master of Desaster.
git torrent 😁👌