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greenbast··on Announcing Caddy Commercial Licenses
Obligatory link to Richard Stallman on "free vs open":

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....

greenbast··on Asciinema 1.3 Switches from Go Back to Python
The Go code in your example could actually be written:

    resp, err := http.Get(someURL)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    return DoStuff(resp)
greenbast··on Google Maps is about to get a lot more ads
But what about on the mobile apps? I need a content blocker for apps.
greenbast··on Show HN: SwiftData – A SQLite library in Swift
Currently, I'm not aware of one.

However, once Swift comes out of beta (and with some time) I think the best practices to distribute libraries will become evident.

It would be great if Apple released a dependency manager for Swift, though!

greenbast··on Show HN: SwiftData – A SQLite library in Swift
Personally, I find the CoreData API unpleasant to use ... I think SwiftData offers simplicity and the familiarity of SQL to developers.

But CoreData is a great option if you have time to learn it!