Ben Lovell
@ben.lovell.io
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opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect those of me
toot: https://toot.cat/@socksy
opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect those of me
this is the ideal conditional. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like
![a diff showing two ways of doing the same code. The first is a simple `if {} else {}` block in rust. The second is with a match statement, matching true and false. The text is as follows:
35 - let source_files = match script.ends_with(".py") {
36 - true => vec![script.clone(), "*.py".to_string()],
37 - false => vec![script.clone()],
35 + let source_files = if script.ends_with(".py") {
36 + vec![script.clone(), "*.py".to_string()]
37 + } else {
38 + vec![script.clone()]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2jddfnz36zhls4sbozn3nysh/bafkreidtwlrbiqcdtw5s6spnssqaho5zt3habe2fswzlek4o3wzfqnuawy@jpeg)
August 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
this is the ideal conditional. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like
Can't believe the runner farted out this template variable just like that
![subject field of an email:
🏃💨 *FNAME|*, jetzt aber schnell! [Inbox]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2jddfnz36zhls4sbozn3nysh/bafkreididsybi6wtal27zklc3ymhwggijlvbj2jwsgmwz3uvogudjnsdc4@jpeg)
January 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Can't believe the runner farted out this template variable just like that
gonna start adding "Confused by the jargon? Don't be." in all my technical documentation to prevent confusion in my readers
!["Perfection, at least to Americans, is a coffee that falls in the range of 18 to 22 percent Extraction with a brew strength between 1.15 and 1.35 percent Total Dissolved Solids."
[ graph labelled "Brewing control chart", plotting Extraction % against Strength % as a positively correlated line, with the middle bit highlighted as "Perfection"]
"Confused by the jargon? Don't be."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2jddfnz36zhls4sbozn3nysh/bafkreif4bhfetqxzonaoeikdcmeayhwoeyoz2iia4djntxh6xv7fol32mq@jpeg)
December 12, 2024 at 11:43 AM
gonna start adding "Confused by the jargon? Don't be." in all my technical documentation to prevent confusion in my readers
