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There was an interesting discussion on HackerNews last week about the Linux Kernel coding style. During the discussion, I kicked off a minor holy war about whether one should vertically align code. I'm all for it! Let me explain why. What Is Vertical Alignment? Take this trivial example: int robert_age = 32; int annalouise_age = 25; int bob_age = 250; int dorothy_age = 56; I find easier to …

Several months ago while doing engineering work at a startup, I ran into a problem that demanded an efficient backend that could scale up/out/etc. The existing implementation was part of a Rails app,...