Andy G

Most-linked posts?

1. Algorithms as objects
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-05-10

What Hacker News says?

1. andyg_blog · 2025-05-17

   A more general rule is to push ifs close to the source of input: https://gieseanw.wordpress.com/2024/06/24/dont-push-ifs-up-p... It's really about finding the entry points into your program from the outside (including data you fetch from another service), and then massaging in such a way that you make as many guarantees as possible (preferably encoded into your types) by the time it reaches any core logic, especiall…

   Comment linking /2024/06/24/dont-push-ifs-up-put-them-as-close-to-the-source-of-data-as-possible/

   on “Push Ifs Up and Fors Down”
2. andyg_blog · 2024-10-10

   Submitted How to make Product give a shit about your architecture proposal as a story · 169 points

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3. andyg_blog · 2026-04-03

   Completely agree on alignment. Without it, it's a shortcut to rejection. I actually wrote a lot about this in a blog post I called "Minimum Reviewable Unit" https://gieseanw.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/minimum-reviewable...

   Comment linking /2025/03/21/minimum-reviewable-unit/

   on “Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer”
4. gilad · 2019-06-16

   Submitted Algorithms as Objects as a story · 77 points

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5. andyg_blog · 2024-10-24

   Submitted Why that one coworker got fired for no reason as a story · 64 points

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6. andyg_blog · 2024-06-25

   Submitted You probably wrote half a monad by accident as a story · 10 points

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7. andyg_blog · 2025-12-14

   Submitted If you truncate a UUID I will truncate your fingers as a story · 7 points

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8. andyg_blog · 2025-03-21

   Submitted Minimum Reviewable Unit as a story · 3 points

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9. andyg_blog · 2026-03-20

   Submitted Pull requests are dead, long live pull requests as a story · 2 points

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10. andsoitis · 2025-02-15

    Submitted Algorithms as Objects as a story · 2 points

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11. andyg_blog · 2021-10-16

    Submitted You need to use sqrt to properly sample points in a circle as a story · 2 points

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12. andyg_blog · 2019-05-10

    Submitted Algorithms as objects as a story · 2 points

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13. andyg_blog · 2024-06-24

    Submitted Push ifs toward the source of data as a story · 1 points

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14. andyg_blog · 2023-12-01

    Submitted Smart Constructors as a story · 1 points

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15. moodguy · 2023-08-31

    Submitted We don’t need no stinking expression templates as a story · 1 points

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16. andyg_blog · 2020-07-01

    Submitted Cracking the code review (Part 3): Be proactive as a story · 1 points

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17. andyg_blog · 2020-06-28

    Submitted Cracking the code review (Part 2): Make them seem small as a story · 1 points

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18. andyg_blog · 2020-06-26

    Submitted Cracking the Code Review as a story · 1 points

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