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Phil Cockfield
@pjc
"prefer duplication over wrong abstraction." truth. timestamp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kMaTybvDUw&t=889s
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dusan π©
@ds8
π― i find that coding agents make this even more true, for multiple reasons: - it writes the code for you (so no need to worry about saving time) - context collocation (no need for llm to jump between the extracted code, often in different file or files)
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Phil Cockfield
@pjc
I do think emphasis should be put on βwrongβ abstraction. Super interesting angle @ds8
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dusan π©
@ds8
oh, hundred percent... but it's severely underappreciated how easy it is to come up with an abstraction that's wrong and not notice until too late
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Phil Cockfield
@pjc
Oh boy, TRUTH! And amplified by the fact that making up (a shitty, or any) abstraction has an implicit joy and satisfaction to it - so we do it moreβ¦and then the messy untangling trap is set.
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