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		overgard on April 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JSON as configuration files: please don’t (2016) Advice on what not to do IS an insight. And there's an argument for why not. The idea that you have to give an alternative in order to not be "negative" or whatever when there's not a one-size-fits-all piece of prescriptive advice is just dumb.

adjkant on April 16, 2019 [–]

You don't have to offer alternatives but it does improve the piece. No one said it had to be one-size-fits-all, there's plenty of room for nuance.

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