A really interesting take on what was going on. Also, it isn’t surprising at all that Python’s default handling of object arguments could lead to disaster. :)
For anybody who doesn't know, this is recapping history from about 8 years ago: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg#Redesign" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg#Redesign</a>