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One thing that I find artificial in the examples is to use signed integers for loops. I always have seen unsigned integers in practice. In general I try to avoid signed integers like plague for big values storage and only use them for error propagation, with negative values for errors like the libc does.
The merge commits enforced by these "mainstream" platforms are noise for me. I think that now one can choose to fast-forward on pull requests, but per PR and not by default.
Another option that was explained in public media is to enforce the "vaccination pass" for meeting in public spaces, like in cinema and restaurants, where you can currently go without any certificate. The idea is that people will want to get vaccinated to go to the restaurant and see movies. Maybe people will just simply not go there anymore (they got used to it) and invite their (unvaccinated) friends at their places instead.
From my siblings, I distinguish two kinds of people that did not get their first shot:
(1) Did not took the time to reserve a slot and get vaccinated because <reasons>, but wants to be vaccinated at some point; and (2) Actively does not want to be vaccinated because <reasons>.
For (1) the summer vacations may be a reason that people are delaying their first shot, they will probably deal with it after summer. The mandatory vaccination pass for accessing public spaces may force them to act upon earlier.
For (2) I am not sure mandatory vaccines will get public approval at all. Yellow vests almost blocked the country for a tax increase on gas. I feel like the same kind of people will get pretty upset about vaccine enforcement, and will be creative in protests somehow.