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by ddalex 3980 days ago
Everybody now writes a "considered harmful" article. I think it's the coder-hipsterish thing to do now.

If you don't like it, don't use it.

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We need to buckle the trend and write more 'considered beneficial' posts!

Partially this is already happening with <whatever>-awesome curated Github repos.

Now? The "considered harmful" essay is probably one of the most important early contributions to the field of computer science.
Everytime I read the "considered harmful" phrase, I ask myself "Considered harmful, by whom?"