Rereading Percy Jackson. And I have some thoughts.

All these incessant need to categorize humans into distinct groups is why we’re in this mess. Which house/god/district you belong to is pushed towards kids from middle school. No wonder “us vs them” is easy to come by when they grow up.

So dear authors, as entertaining these are, please stop it. Stop this trend of dividing people into groups. And make a story out of it.

*baseball pitch windup*

What if

the "don't ever comment in code thing"

is mostly functioning as a strategic defense inside of a field with a climate that's so chilly that every disclosure of your thinking to anyone else just becomes a psychological attack vector

and people just have to come up with "it magically makes your code better to do this" explanations to justify it

*sprints away*

You know what would actually reduce crime and homelessness?

Universal healthcare, free education, affordable housing and a basic living wage.

When people have their most basic needs met, they have happier and healthier lives.

Those hoarding the wealth don’t want to give us those things.

System Design Hierarchy of Principles

Alternatively: "there is no fast way to deliver an insecure and unreliable service"