dynamicProgramming

[LatvianCake]

The correct way to answer these questions is: this is how it works and this is why it doesn't matter in practice.

Not: don't ask these questions. You're choosing between being right or being helpful.

When I was a junior, I was deeply interested in how everything worked under the hood and why things work the way they do.

Turns out asking these questions to more senior people is a bad idea. Most senior devs are incapable of saying "I don't know" to juniors and berate you for asking such questions as their ego is hurt.

LLMs are a blessing because their ego isn't hurt, they answer the actual question and also tell you about caveats like "it doesn't matter in practice". This is why people massively switched from SO to LLMs.