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6 connected korrents · 5 moments on record from 1 Feb 2015 to 26 Aug 2026.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Asynchrony should be a property of how a program is run, not a colour baked into the type of every function in the standard library. Asynchrony should be a property ofhow a program is run, not a colourbaked into the type of everyfunction in the standard library. BN Bob Nystrom — holds since 2015-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Function colouring is the real cost of async/await, and green threads like Go's avoid it — but for an existing runtime such as JavaScript or C#, async/await was still the right solution. — tap to centre the map on it Function colouring is the realcost of async/await, and greenthreads like Go's avoid it —but for an existing runtime… AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Splitting functions into synchronous and asynchronous kinds forces that distinction into every piece of code a programmer afterwards writes. — tap to centre the map on it Splitting functions intosynchronous and asynchronouskinds forces that distinctioninto every piece of code a… BN Bob Nystrom — holds since 2015-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Async/await makes asynchronous code easier to write without healing the split it created, and the divide reappears as soon as you write a higher-order function. — tap to centre the map on it Async/await makes asynchronouscode easier to write withouthealing the split it created,and the divide reappears as… BN Bob Nystrom — holds since 2015-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Concurrency is hard not because human brains cannot handle it but because nobody gets enough practice at it. — tap to centre the map on it Concurrency is hard notbecause human brains cannothandle it but because nobodygets enough practice at it. HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The speed of a system is set by its longest serial dependency chain, which is a property of the architecture and cannot be parallelised away afterwards. — tap to centre the map on it The speed of a system is setby its longest serialdependency chain, which is aproperty of the architecture… CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Locking is too hard for programmers to get right over and over again, so the language runtime should do that part. — tap to centre the map on it Locking is too hard forprogrammers to get right overand over again, so thelanguage runtime should do… RH Rich Hickey — holds since 2018-01-02 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Asynchrony should be a property of how a program is run, not a colour baked into the type of every function in the standard library. Holds Bob Nystrom Read this korrent →