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Fernando Cejas
Personal blog · fernandocejas.comprogramming
Fernando Cejas's personal blog at fernandocejas.com covers programming. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in a Go vs. Swift thread, where one commenter discusses Optional support in Java 8, Android's Jack toolchain and Guava. The comment gives context on the Optional topic without judging the post.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Welcome! I’m Fernando Cejas, Head of Engineering @TignumEng, former Director of Mobile @Wire, @SoundCloud Alumni, former @IBM Developer Advocate and @Tuenti Alumni. I’m a geek/nerd, huge fan of Mobile Development, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing and Software Engineering in general. Here I
What Hacker News says?
While I'm sure you're aware, Java 1.8 does have Optional support ( https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Optional... ). Once Jack is completed ( https://developer.android.com/guide/platform/j8-jack.html ) I assume you'll be able to use it too. Of course, you can also just use a library (like Guava) that makes Optionals available (and somewhat close to the spec so you can phase it out in the future if n…
Comment linking /2016/02/20/how-to-use-optional-on-android-and-java/
on “Go vs. Swift [pdf]”Submitted Architecting Android…The clean way as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Architecting Android the clean way? as a story · 2 points
HN discussion