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Hi HN, I think it's safe to say that the majority of developers don't give a second thought to writing code with I/O tangled in business logic. It's all too common to see code like: const user = findUser(email); if (!user) await saveUser(user); Now, you may ask: what's the big deal? When we write code like this, two things happen: 1. It gets harder to debug production bugs. Unless you have the exact same database and remote API services to connect to, you may fail to reproduce the bug. 2. You ha

My shortened story: due to factors in Soviet controlled Poland, my uncle played my dad role. He took me to a quarry to fire Estes-style rocket cars, and all that.. he also managed to steal a Milicja (military police) siren from work, and put it on the back of my banana style bike. As an EE, he made it actually function. Thanks to all the hackers who made us who we are.

According to a Wall Street Journal investigation, Polymarket has been paying people to film themselves placing fake bets and celebrating fake wins on social media. WSJ identified over 1,100 deceptive clips and talked to creators who, despite not stating as such in their videos, confirmed the company paid them to create the clips. The videos […]