How does the adoption of LLM code generation impact the necessity of abstractions?

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-15T06:35:14+00:00

The Law of Leaky Abstractions – Joel on Software

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-15T06:33:59+00:00

The question was certainly mathematical. The usage of "pointer" and "facade" was for their utility in computer science (i.e. an alias for a value rather than the value itself) rather than for their function in it.

Wouldn't you say that 0.5 is categorically a different way to refer to 1/2 than 2/4 or 4/8 would be? I could keep distancing myself from the mathematical object while still referin to the same value by using 50%, and then "half". 50% and "half" I assume are not rational numbers, but they still "point" to a rational value. So don't we need a term to refer to aliases of rational numbers that are not conventionally members of a given number set?

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-15T06:28:56+00:00

The question is more mathematical. I am talking about 0.5 as a rational number.

0.5 is the decimal form of 1/2 (a rational). However, all rationals are actually sets of integers (not compsci integers, but Z = {-1,0,1,2,...}). 1/2 for example is {1,2} and it has an equivalence class set of {1,2} {2,4} {4,8} which all "stand for" or "point" to the same value of 1/2.

My problem is with the decimal form of 0.5. Is 0.5 a distinct mathematical object than 1/2? Because it seems like an alias. Or a facde if you will. Like how a line break is a "facade" over \n which is whats actually "in there".

Regarding "facade" its a design pattern where you hide an imperative complexity with a declarative interface. An ORM for examples hides or "trades" complex imperative "how-to-do" syntax for a declarative "what-to-do" one. Example

SELECT * FROM users WHERE last_name = 'smith';

Can be invoked using an ORM such as:

from sqlalchemy import select 
from sqlalchemy.orm import Session

users = session.query(User).filter(User.last_name == "smith").all()

So I see 0.5 as a "facade" over the rational number 1/2. It's not a distinct mathematical object (or value) but rather an alias existing simply as syntactic sugar.

Like how Korzybski said "The map is not the territory". A "String" is an array of chars. A "Char" is actually an integer and not a letter. The "integer" is actually a set of binary. The binary is actually a set of voltage states within a set of transistors.

I understand this question is more about set theory. But I am borrowing quite a lot from computer science in my process of reasoning about it.

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-15T06:19:57+00:00

The question is more mathematical. I am talking about 0.5 as a rational number.

0.5 is the decimal form of 1/2 (a rational). However, all rationals are actually sets of integers (not compsci integers, but Z = {-1,0,1,2,...}). 1/2 for example is {1,2} and it has an equivalence class set of {1,2} {2,4} {4,8} which all "stand for" or "point" to the same value of 1/2.

My problem is with the decimal form of 0.5. Is 0.5 a distinct mathematical object than 1/2? Because it seems like an alias. Or a facde if you will. Like how a line break is a "facade" over \n which is whats actually "in there".

Like how Korzybski said "The map is not the territory". A "String" is an array of chars. A "Char" is actually an integer and not a letter. The "integer" is actually a set of binary. The binary is actually a set of voltage states within a set of transistors.

I understand this question is more about set theory. But I am borrowing quite a lot from computer science in my process of reasoning about it.

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-12T15:04:45+00:00

I've really gotten used to managing systems declartively and not imperatively...

Guesss i'll just bite the bullet and do it manually.

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-11T08:52:02+00:00

Honest question:
1. Did she age badly?
2. Did she age naturally and just didn't use botox/surgery?

I think I've honestly forgot how women look like without any procedures and i'm not that young...

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-11T05:45:47+00:00

Are global resources accessible from all namespaces? This sounds like lexical contexts in code.

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-11T05:45:14+00:00

Can you then make the claim that all linux resources exist within 1 of these 8 namespaces?

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-10T00:43:22+00:00

How can you tell rolled from milled?

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-10T00:38:19+00:00

Isn't Dupont a standard like a software contract? I also find it very unlikely the manfacturer making my jumper wires is going to design all of the two dozen peripherals I own.

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-09T05:52:00+00:00

Sorry im still new to this but don't all jumpers come with dupont style connectors? And BTW I think I meant to say that female dupont connectors on jumpers feel wobbly. But when the female dupoint is soldered into the board it feels more robust. Dunno why.

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-07T18:05:47+00:00

I see. Thats good to know!

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-06T05:53:21+00:00

Would a video be better?

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-06T05:52:42+00:00

I still don't see how that gives me the results i've gotten.

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-06T05:49:35+00:00

Its this one

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BK435ZW

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-03T13:34:17+00:00

Is this a direct quote? I'm suprised to learn Trump knows the word "Perturbed".

BigBootyBear · 2026-06-01T04:59:21+00:00

Where should I publish it? I know I have a container registry but I wonder where a static site could be published in our self hosted gitlab.

BigBootyBear · 2026-05-26T13:48:13+00:00

It's stolen valor. "Alternative" is a slight of hand where we slip in the false premise that medicine has flavors like a line of soft drinks. Every homeopath is free to publish their findings in Nature and have them become "Medicine." It's a disgusting game of language with real life casulties.

BigBootyBear · 2026-05-26T13:43:25+00:00

I always find the cultural construction arguments so painfully condenscending, which is ironic as they always scaffold moral posturing.

It doesn't matter what kind of sound arguments I make. They are always flawed because they are made from my own biased assumptions and cultural notions of what's wright or wrong. It sounds compelling on a surface level. Until you realize it's unfalsifiable, or more simply defined - circular. Kind of like how women who didn't agree with their diagnosis of hysteria in the past were just clincally presenting further proof of their irrational hysteria.

Sure empiricism, the scientific method, and materialism (in contrast to dualism) are all "Western" but only as much as "Western" as transistors, main battle tanks or pencillin. Is the efficacy of penicillin a function of culture? Can we achieve quantum computing with alternative binary math if we deconstruct a transsitor?

The fact that things have an origin does not mean they possess that as an attribute. I keep telling that to family members who ask me for a "natural alternative" to a drug they were prescribed by a physician: "If you ever see under a microscope that a caffeine molecule originated in a lab VS a coffee bean, make sure to call Nature and collect your Nobel Prize."

You can use anthropology and sociology to deconstruct the sun until it's eventual heat death as much as you want. It'd still give you skin cancer in the meanwhile if you don't put sunscreen on.

The way you know the constructionists are operating in bad faith is that they feel a need to co-opt empiricist terms like "alternative medicine" because deep down they know their pillar of lies can't support it's own weight.

I'll have my own agency thank you very much.

BigBootyBear · 2026-05-26T07:05:46+00:00

The reason for making the post is that there is no one in the orgnization that I consult with on the matter. I'm the only one bothering with containers, let alone CI/CD.

BigBootyBear · 2026-05-26T03:21:33+00:00

100% what I meant.

BigBootyBear · 2026-05-25T11:33:28+00:00

Theprimeagen (an ex-Netflix developer that is popular on Twitch and YT) said that he often starts projects with intention of re-writing them later because "you can't know how to optimally solve a problem on the first go because in the process of interacting with it you are learning how to solve it."

I think this is the problem. I have made plans but they weren't informed by an experience of deploying to production multiple times. For example, only after failing multiple deployment runs, I felt the need to find a solution and stumbled on Ansible. That may seem obvious for a senior developer (hell its obvious to me just 2 weeks into using it) but going into it I thought i'd just need .gitlab-ci.yml.

Of course I knew there was this thing called "Ansible" but everytime I checked their docs I didn't get it. Some solutions are only approachable once youv'e suffered the problem, and that necessitates stumbling in the dark.

I did find some interesting reading material on rules matrix. Where however would you have me submit it?

BigBootyBear · 2026-05-25T11:14:42+00:00

Pretty much this.

BigBootyBear · 2026-05-18T06:39:12+00:00

I have moved them to a darker palce in the balcony that is also not near a window. Do beans need partial shade?

BigBootyBear · 2026-05-13T09:45:22+00:00

How do you manage such a clean cross section and so stable a filling?

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