Post #1417862
2024-12-03 16:39 UTC
the value of an abstraction is not revealed by the happy path.
Abstraction exists to help me with complexity. The complexity is in the failure cases.
Tell me what happens in various failure cases, and I'll tell you whether this abstraction is helpful or 💩
Replies (5)
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@IPmonger@hachyderm.io 2024-12-03 17:12
@jessitron@hachyderm.io I wish I could boost this with some sort of multiplyer effect!!!
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@infiniterecursion@nerdculture.de 2024-12-03 17:35
@jessitron@hachyderm.io just like the code of law in real life. For the happy path (no disagreements and no misbehavior), only very few paragraphs are needed. 95% of law is needed for disambiguation, clarifying details, covering all the corner cases.
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@henrikjernevad@mastodon.social 2024-12-03 18:40
@jessitron@hachyderm.io I agree! And it makes me think of a thing I wrote on my blog a while back. 😊 https://henko.net/blog/ai-is-the-ultimate-leaky-abstraction/
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@billseitz@toolsforthought.social 2024-12-03 19:55
@jessitron@hachyderm.io that's what the "Comments" field is for!
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@jaycie@tech.lgbt 2024-12-04 02:38
@jessitron@hachyderm.io vibrates through the floor in sheer, unmitigated agreement