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Computers can be understood https://blog.nelhage.com/post/computers-can-be-understood/

Computers can be understood

Computers and computer systems are build up from deterministic, comprehensible, building blocks. Their operations and behaviors can be understood and reasoned about. I relate my personal beliefs and mindset on this point, and explore some manifestations and ramifications of this philosophy.

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Wolf480pl Feb 10

@hailey
> Willingness and skill for reading source reduces your reliance on documentation

Unfortunately IME it also reduces your reliance on community forums for help, which 1. makes those forums miss out on your ability to help folks there, and 2. makes you lonelier

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Wolf480pl

@hailey
Another drawback of this approach I've noticed is if I read the source code of a dependency before using it, I might see sth I don't like, and then I won't want to use that dependency anymore, even though in practice it would've been fine.