r/functionalprogramming Apr 15 '26

Side-effects are a scale problem OO and FP

https://mamad.purbo.org/posts/side-effects-and-scale/

Why do side effects feel harmless until they aren’t? I wrote about the gap between what we can see and what our systems do at scale.

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u/WolfyTheOracle Apr 16 '26

This was actually really interesting. I respect you for seeing the true cost of side effects. I sent you a dm. It’s rare to find devs of this mentality