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NewsC# interop with C/C++ and Rust in WebAssembly Pin
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NewsDo we have an obsession with ducks in software development? Pin
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I remember two different "ducks" in my adult life

When I was in boot camp, our DI told us we were eating Duck. Cool I thought, the mess hall was making something nice. This was not so; as what was meant was, "We duck in, we eat, we duck out".
In software development, I suppose patches could be Programming Duck; in that we open a project, slap in or a fix a line of code, and recompile successfully in a few minutes.

The second reference was in the customer service industry. I do not recall the context but it went with the saying, "Why be a duck when you can soar like an eagle".
In software development, I guess this would analogous to doing the Programming Duck as a bandage to fix a symptom, and "soaring like an eagle" would be to go in and fix the underlying issue.
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NewsNavy releases three videos that showcase “unidentified” objects Pin
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NewsUK spies will need artificial intelligence - Rusi report Pin
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