Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (October 01, 2023)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for October 01, 2023 :</p>
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The TRON Project: How Japan almost ruled IT (2022)
Summary: In 1989, Japan introduced the Tron House, a smart home that could think, sense, and act on its own. The Tron Project, developed by Ken Sakamura, was a Japanese computing standard for various devices. However, due to economic tensions with the US and fear of restricted access to their primary export market, Japan abandoned the project, missing the opportunity to become a global IT authority.
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-Werror Is not your friend (2017)
Summary: The article discusses the drawbacks of using the -Werror compiler flag, which treats all compiler warnings as errors. While the flag is intended to enforce a zero-warning policy, it can create project dependencies on specific toolchain vendors and versions, leading to build failures. The author suggests enforcing zero warnings at the DevOps level and making -Werror an optional, configurable build option.