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0 pointswtbob12y ago0 comments

> Nobody is calling spending weeks writing a caching layer for a 20-row database "elegant" or "best practice". That's a complete straw man.

Have you used any Java API? That's exactly the feeling I get from using them.

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I use plenty of Java APIs. It's a vast ecosystem of code, generalising across all Java libraries ever is silly.

semiel12y ago

The people who make the most noise about elegance and best practices generally dislike Java for precisely that reason.

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