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Stop writing CLI validation. Parse it right the first time

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203 points dahlia | 2 comments | 06 Sep 25 18:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
1. nine_k ◴[06 Sep 25 22:45 UTC] No.45153599[source]▶
This is a recurring idea: "Parse, don't validate". Previously:

https://lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2019/11/05/parse-don-t-va... (2019, using Haskell)

https://www.lelanthran.com/chap13/content.html (April 2025, using C)

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2. jetrink ◴[06 Sep 25 23:38 UTC] No.45153898[source]▶
The author credits Alexis King at the beginning and links to that post.