and i realised it’s a big part of why my software tends to be peerlessly reliable, among ppl i’ve known/worked with cos things that are buggy or break are things that are too cryptic for me to visualise afk, so i get itchy to ditch them and my subconscious cooks up alternatives

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thoughts from my last round of post-shit clarity

i got addicted to reworking my il leaderboard code last few days. same reasons, of making big gains and seeing the potential, that motivate ppl in sports [1/4]

12/14/2023, 9:47:06 PM

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i rewrote the engine *again* within less than a month and like… i realised that’s how ur meant to do programming actually. u use ur shit for a bit, figure out what should change, then rewrite most of it from scratch

12/14/2023, 9:47:07 PM

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that way, u rapidly try out new abstractions, weed out old ones that’re too heavy to internalise, keep scopes ruthlessly minimal so they fit in ur head, keep code super-modular, interfaces strong and kill technical debt

it’s a bit more like how artists and sportsppl work

12/14/2023, 9:47:08 PM

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and i realised it’s a big part of why my software tends to be peerlessly reliable, among ppl i’ve known/worked with

cos things that are buggy or break are things that are too cryptic for me to visualise afk, so i get itchy to ditch them and my subconscious cooks up alternatives

12/14/2023, 9:47:08 PM

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