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		lonelappde on April 12, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Systems that defy detailed understanding Hyrum's Law challenges that supposed wisdom. https://www.hyrumslaw.com/ Postel's Law creates debt that we pay interest on forever Since Hyrum's law is a naturalist observation and Postel's Law is a suggestion, Hyrum's law is a more definitive truth.

m463 on April 12, 2020 [–]

I can see that too. You end up possibly supporting a bug-compatible interface or other nonsense.

Amusing but unrelated I looked to see if that law was on wikipedia and clicked on this thinking it might be another spelling:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yhprum%27s_law

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