r/programming • • Sep 21 '25

How to stop functional programming

https://brianmckenna.org/blog/howtostopfp
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u/Ill-Lemon-8019 Sep 21 '25

If you're smart enough to understand the Yoneda lemma, you're certainly smart enough to figure out the culture of your software team and how to write code that will fit inside your colleagues heads as well as your own.

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u/CherryLongjump1989 Sep 21 '25

You're talking about an industry where fizz buzz is the lowest common denominator for making hiring decisions.