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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Avoiding the soft delete anti-pattern (News)

May 13, 2024
07:12
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The podcast dives into the problems with soft deletion in software, proposes a measure for assessing software dependency freshness, discusses sound design in software, showcases a web app with developer tools, and explores programming mantras as proverbs.
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Quick takeaways

  • Soft deletion poses challenges in software design, alternatives like hard deletion and lifecycle management are crucial.
  • Assessing dependency freshness with a 'Libya' calculation and implementing sound design can greatly enhance user experiences.

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New OpenAI Announcements and Software Deletion Strategies

OpenAI's recent announcement revealed a desktop app and updated GBT4 model, sparking debates about its competition with Google. The discussion shifts to software deletion strategies, highlighting the problems with soft deletion and presenting alternatives like hard deletion, lifecycle using archive state, temporal tables, and data warehouse approaches.

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