Mastodawn

Ah, the "hidden" costs of #abstractions, because apparently, no one ever realized that making things easier could come with a downside...🤦‍♂️ Welcome to the world of #computing, where "focusing on the bigger picture" is just code for "forgetting how stuff actually works"—but hey, at least we have more #memory now to store all that ignorance! 🧠💾
https://jdgr.net/the-hidden-costs-of-great-abstractions #hiddenCosts #biggerPicture #ignorance #HackerNews #ngated

The 'Hidden' Costs of Great Abstractions - James Ludwell-Grymes

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Justin Mayer Mar 16

@remi @jimniels What an eloquent description of the most satisfying aspect of software development. Bravo! We named our #Abstractions podcast after this very concept: https://shows.arrowloop.com/@abstractions

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Abstractions is a podcast about technology, software, hardware, and the Internet, and the way the ever-increasing layers of these technologies permeate every aspect of our everyday lives.

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Piotrek Jeremicz Dec 16

3️⃣ Routable: Push and pop views of a specific navigation stack (navigationStack)

4️⃣ Selectable: Present a specific selection from an array of views (TabBar)

All types are described as #abstractions that can be attached to the #Navigator, providing specific methods as well. 🧩

Justin Mayer Nov 27

I like the feeling of buying and owning great products — especially #software.

*Renting* software, on the other hand, does not give me the same warm fuzzies.

In the following episode of the #Abstractions #podcast, at about the 18:47 mark, I explain why I eschew software rental, and I also describe alternative pricing structures that provide much better alignment of interests between software vendors and end users.

https://pod.link/1804434846/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9zaG93cy5hcnJvd2xvb3AuY29tL0BhYnN0cmFjdGlvbnMvZXBpc29kZXMvMDA1LW1heS1vci1tYXktbm90LWJlLWNoYXJsYXRhbnM https://mastodon.social/@xahteiwi/115618141048886104

Justin Mayer Nov 18

In the latest episode of Abstractions, @webology inspires me to try my hand at LLM-powered command-line coding agents: OpenCode, OpenHands, and Claude Code. Plus, I replace Windows on my gaming rig with Bazzite Linux, putting the fun back into playing video games on PCs 🎮

Link follows below — I hope you enjoy the show!

https://pod.link/1804434846/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9zaG93cy5hcnJvd2xvb3AuY29tL0BhYnN0cmFjdGlvbnMvZXBpc29kZXMvMDM0LWFuLWVyYS1pbi1taWRkbGUtZWFydGg

#Abstractions #podcast #Bazzite #linux

Justin Mayer Sep 11, 2025

We kick off the latest episode of the #Abstractions #podcast with an introduction to a great article by @judy2k about reinforcing #terminal command-line tool habits. We also delve into gaslight-driven development at SoundSlice, whereby @adrian and fellow developers decided to implement a feature that ChatGPT confabulated. We hope you enjoy the show! 🎧

https://pod.link/1804434846/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly9zaG93cy5hcnJvd2xvb3AuY29tL0BhYnN0cmFjdGlvbnMvZXBpc29kZXMvMDI1LWRpc3RydXN0LWFuZC12ZXJpZnk

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Sep 5, 2025

2 " They assess the life of their society by a series of typifications that are always at some distance from the full reality these #abstractions are meant to capture." - #JamesCScott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

Chris Mills Sep 1, 2025

Buffer Overrun. I have absorbed enough #PlugData info for now. Deep in the iterative place of #Abstractions vs #SubPatches - could this lead to a more efficient delivery of my #ShermanikFilterbank ? Possibly.