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šŸ˜‹" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/JaceCear/status/2085790906993541499" +author: "Jace Cear šŸ’æ" +handle: JaceCear +post_id: "2085790906993541499" +date: 2026-08-07 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury If you got a concrete example of this, it might be worth making a video out of that, just saying! šŸ˜‹" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/JaceCear/status/2085790906993541499 +- Author: Jace Cear šŸ’æ (@JaceCear) +- Posted: 2026-08-07 18:11:19 + +## Branch + +**1/** @JaceCear + +@rfleury + +If you got a concrete example of this, it might be worth making a video out of that, just saying! šŸ˜‹ + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-adam_bobowski-overall-ive-noticed-that-inlining-is-just-amazing.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-adam_bobowski-overall-ive-noticed-that-inlining-is-just-amazing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9b0d1cb --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-adam_bobowski-overall-ive-noticed-that-inlining-is-just-amazing.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury Overall Iā€™ve noticed that inlining is just amazing at surfacing issues with what the actual ā€žabstractionā€ is - kind of that if I carve the function too early Iā€™ll obfuscate the fact that maybe the actual function (behaviour) bends to that function rather than the other way around" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/adam_bobowski/status/2085799786717049322" +author: "Adam" +handle: adam_bobowski +post_id: "2085799786717049322" +date: 2026-08-07 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury Overall Iā€™ve noticed that inlining is just amazing at surfacing issues with what the actual ā€žabstractionā€ is - kind of that if I carve the function too early Iā€™ll obfuscate the fact that maybe the actual function (behaviour) bends to that function rather than the other way around" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/adam_bobowski/status/2085799786717049322 +- Author: Adam (@adam_bobowski) +- Posted: 2026-08-07 18:46:36 + +## Branch + +**1/** @adam_bobowski + +@rfleury + +Overall Iā€™ve noticed that inlining is just amazing at surfacing issues with what the actual ā€žabstractionā€ is - kind of that if I carve the function too early Iā€™ll obfuscate the fact that maybe the actual function (behaviour) bends to that function rather than the other way around + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-borrowck_novel-assuming-o3-if-you-compare-the-assembly-output.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-borrowck_novel-assuming-o3-if-you-compare-the-assembly-output.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6001c34 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-borrowck_novel-assuming-o3-if-you-compare-the-assembly-output.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury Assuming -O3, if you compare the assembly output before and after the exercise, do you see any meaningful difference?" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/borrowck_novel/status/2085804992540143894" +author: "borrowck-novel" +handle: borrowck_novel +post_id: "2085804992540143894" +date: 2026-08-07 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury Assuming -O3, if you compare the assembly output before and after the exercise, do you see any meaningful difference?" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/borrowck_novel/status/2085804992540143894 +- Author: borrowck-novel (@borrowck_novel) +- Posted: 2026-08-07 19:07:17 + +## Branch + +**1/** @borrowck_novel + +@rfleury + +Assuming -O3, if you compare the assembly output before and after the exercise, do you see any meaningful difference? + +**2/** @rfleury + +@ZH1YGD + +Yes, absolutely + +**3/** @borrowck_novel + +@rfleury + +Thanks a ton. Then it is worth the time to do my own test. Cheers + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-calvinalkan-do-you-have-a-favorite-example-from-raddbg-to.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-calvinalkan-do-you-have-a-favorite-example-from-raddbg-to.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ae58624 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-calvinalkan-do-you-have-a-favorite-example-from-raddbg-to.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury Do you have a favorite example from raddbg to look at?" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/calvinalkan/status/2085812408988180668" +author: "Calvin Alkan" +handle: calvinalkan +post_id: "2085812408988180668" +date: 2026-08-07 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury Do you have a favorite example from raddbg to look at?" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/calvinalkan/status/2085812408988180668 +- Author: Calvin Alkan (@calvinalkan) +- Posted: 2026-08-07 19:36:45 + +## Branch + +**1/** @calvinalkan + +@rfleury + +Do you have a favorite example from raddbg to look at? + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-davidvaughn006-this-seems-like-such-good-advice-and-hard-to.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-davidvaughn006-this-seems-like-such-good-advice-and-hard-to.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..656d2ed --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-davidvaughn006-this-seems-like-such-good-advice-and-hard-to.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury This seems like such good advice and hard to visualize without having practiced a couple of times." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/davidvaughn006/status/2085797125221179877" +author: "David Vaughn" +handle: davidvaughn006 +post_id: "2085797125221179877" +date: 2026-08-07 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury This seems like such good advice and hard to visualize without having practiced a couple of times." +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/davidvaughn006/status/2085797125221179877 +- Author: David Vaughn (@davidvaughn006) +- Posted: 2026-08-07 18:36:01 + +## Branch + +**1/** @davidvaughn006 + +@rfleury + +This seems like such good advice and hard to visualize without having practiced a couple of times. Are there any good programming problems that would lend themselves to this kind of organizational refactoring? + +**2/** @rfleury + +It is pretty much any time you are dealing with code without regards for this. When someone isn't thinking about this, they will generate lots of redundant layers of helper functions or abstractions, and if you do a clean-up pass over it, you'll find that like 90% of it is nonsense. + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-jsuarez-this-is-the-first-thing-i-do-in-every-big-refactor.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-jsuarez-this-is-the-first-thing-i-do-in-every-big-refactor.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6957dc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-jsuarez-this-is-the-first-thing-i-do-in-every-big-refactor.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury This is the first thing I do in every big refactor" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/jsuarez/status/2085822235907162194" +author: "Joseph Suarez šŸ”" +handle: jsuarez +post_id: "2085822235907162194" +date: 2026-08-07 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury This is the first thing I do in every big refactor" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/jsuarez/status/2085822235907162194 +- Author: Joseph Suarez šŸ” (@jsuarez) +- Posted: 2026-08-07 20:15:48 + +## Branch + +**1/** @jsuarez + +@rfleury + +This is the first thing I do in every big refactor + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-sandovin34721-btw-this-sounds-like-a-nice-feature-for-a.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-sandovin34721-btw-this-sounds-like-a-nice-feature-for-a.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4910464 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-sandovin34721-btw-this-sounds-like-a-nice-feature-for-a.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury btw this sounds like a nice feature for a debugger" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/sandovin34721/status/2085804624213098970" +author: "kurku" +handle: sandovin34721 +post_id: "2085804624213098970" +date: 2026-08-07 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury btw this sounds like a nice feature for a debugger" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/sandovin34721/status/2085804624213098970 +- Author: kurku (@sandovin34721) +- Posted: 2026-08-07 19:05:49 + +## Branch + +**1/** @sandovin34721 + +@rfleury + +btw this sounds like a nice feature for a debugger +like 'peek definition' in Visual Studio +but more automatic as you step + +do you have something alike +or maybe plan + +wdyt + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-tralamazza-couldnt-resist.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-tralamazza-couldnt-resist.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..139a3b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-tralamazza-couldnt-resist.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury couldn't resist" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/tralamazza/status/2085794821310906608" +author: "Daniel Tralamazza" +handle: tralamazza +post_id: "2085794821310906608" +date: 2026-08-07 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury couldn't resist" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/tralamazza/status/2085794821310906608 +- Author: Daniel Tralamazza (@tralamazza) +- Posted: 2026-08-07 18:26:52 + +## Branch + +**1/** @tralamazza + +@rfleury + +couldn't resist + +![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HPI7RjUXYAA6IZo?format=png&name=orig) + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-zygohistoprepro-i-did-this-process-to-linearise-the-mutually.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-zygohistoprepro-i-did-this-process-to-linearise-the-mutually.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4896f23 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-zygohistoprepro-i-did-this-process-to-linearise-the-mutually.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury I did this process to linearise the mutually recursive eval loop of a language - also found a very nice opportunistic TCO due to it." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/zygohistoprepro/status/2085814140040266159" +author: "zhppm.lisp" +handle: zygohistoprepro +post_id: "2085814140040266159" +date: 2026-08-07 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury I did this process to linearise the mutually recursive eval loop of a language - also found a very nice opportunistic TCO due to it." +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/zygohistoprepro/status/2085814140040266159 +- Author: zhppm.lisp (@zygohistoprepro) +- Posted: 2026-08-07 19:43:38 + +## Branch + +**1/** @zygohistoprepro + +@rfleury + +I did this process to linearise the mutually recursive eval loop of a language - also found a very nice opportunistic TCO due to it. + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-TylerCLaprade-john-carmack-wrote-about-this-http-number-none.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-TylerCLaprade-john-carmack-wrote-about-this-http-number-none.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b8324a --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-TylerCLaprade-john-carmack-wrote-about-this-http-number-none.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury John Carmack wrote about this: http://number-none.com/blow/john_carmack_on_inlined_code.html" +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/TylerCLaprade/status/2085913835706159301" +author: "Tyler C. Laprade, CFA" +handle: TylerCLaprade +post_id: "2085913835706159301" +date: 2026-08-08 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury John Carmack wrote about this: http://number-none.com/blow/john_carmack_on_inlined_code.html" +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/TylerCLaprade/status/2085913835706159301 +- Author: Tyler C. Laprade, CFA (@TylerCLaprade) +- Posted: 2026-08-08 02:19:47 + +## Branch + +**1/** @TylerCLaprade + +@rfleury + +John Carmack wrote about this: http://number-none.com/blow/john_carmack_on_inlined_code.html + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-patrickgwsmith-some-people-will-say-that-a-good-abstraction-lets.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-patrickgwsmith-some-people-will-say-that-a-good-abstraction-lets.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f79a870 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-patrickgwsmith-some-people-will-say-that-a-good-abstraction-lets.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury Some people will say that a good abstraction lets you understand the loops underneath, and some will say that a good abstraction means you donā€™t have to understand the loops underneath." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/patrickgwsmith/status/2085887028353441943" +author: "Patrick Smith" +handle: patrickgwsmith +post_id: "2085887028353441943" +date: 2026-08-08 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury Some people will say that a good abstraction lets you understand the loops underneath, and some will say that a good abstraction means you donā€™t have to understand the loops underneath." +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/patrickgwsmith/status/2085887028353441943 +- Author: Patrick Smith (@patrickgwsmith) +- Posted: 2026-08-08 00:33:16 + +## Branch + +**1/** @patrickgwsmith + +@rfleury + +Some people will say that a good abstraction lets you understand the loops underneath, and some will say that a good abstraction means you donā€™t have to understand the loops underneath. + +Iā€™m definitely in the former camp: CPU and memory are resources like any other. + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-rep_movsd-the-fundamental-property-of-abstraction-is-to.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-rep_movsd-the-fundamental-property-of-abstraction-is-to.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f8f686 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-rep_movsd-the-fundamental-property-of-abstraction-is-to.md @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury The fundamental property of abstraction is to avoid repetition." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/rep_movsd/status/2085955766578823628" +author: "boo_ghoul" +handle: rep_movsd +post_id: "2085955766578823628" +date: 2026-08-08 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury The fundamental property of abstraction is to avoid repetition." +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/rep_movsd/status/2085955766578823628 +- Author: boo_ghoul (@rep_movsd) +- Posted: 2026-08-08 05:06:24 + +## Branch + +**1/** @rep_movsd + +@rfleury + +The fundamental property of abstraction is to avoid repetition. + +Functions, loops, generics, polymorphism, macros, templates, reflection, currying ... You name it + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-09-dvygh-makes-me-wonder-why-we-dont-have-a-tool-do-we-to.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-09-dvygh-makes-me-wonder-why-we-dont-have-a-tool-do-we-to.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7c77a1e --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-09-dvygh-makes-me-wonder-why-we-dont-have-a-tool-do-we-to.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "@rfleury makes me wonder why we don't have a tool (do we?) to visualize inlining like that (without actually doing it)." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/dvygh/status/2086445668743168442" +author: "Kalle Immonen" +handle: dvygh +post_id: "2086445668743168442" +date: 2026-08-09 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "@rfleury makes me wonder why we don't have a tool (do we?) to visualize inlining like that (without actually doing it)." +in_reply_to: "" +parent_post_id: "2085786822387609939" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/dvygh/status/2086445668743168442 +- Author: Kalle Immonen (@dvygh) +- Posted: 2026-08-09 13:33:06 + +## Branch + +**1/** @dvygh + +@rfleury + +makes me wonder why we don't have a tool (do we?) to visualize inlining like that (without actually doing it). maybe stop inlining at certain library call boundaries. not only to evaluate quality, but also to understand what the hell a function is doing. + +## Related + +- Spine: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]] diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/index.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb2b634 --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +--- +title: "A good way to evaluate one axis of quality of an abstraction is to inline every function call, and see how much duplicate work you can either deduplicate or turn into a loop (rather than several independent function calls)." +type: archive +source: twitter +source_url: "https://x.com/rfleury/status/2085786822387609939" +author: "Ryan Fleury" +handle: rfleury +post_id: "2085786822387609939" +date: 2026-08-07 +archived: 2026-08-25 +draft: false +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +description: "A good way to evaluate one axis of quality of an abstraction is to inline every function call, and see how much duplicate work you can either deduplicate or turn into a loop (rather than several independent function calls)." +in_reply_to: "" +--- + +## Source + +- URL: https://x.com/rfleury/status/2085786822387609939 +- Author: Ryan Fleury (@rfleury) +- Posted: 2026-08-07 17:55:05 + +## Thread + +**1/** @rfleury + +A good way to evaluate one axis of quality of an abstraction is to inline every function call, and see how much duplicate work you can either deduplicate or turn into a loop (rather than several independent function calls). This also restructures the code such that you can consider work as batches of identically shaped work, rather than either (a) being in shallow callstack code and dealing with a list of abstract, opaque function calls, or (b) being in deep callstack code and not understanding the context you're being called within. + +Branches: [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-JaceCear-if-you-got-a-concrete-example-of-this-it-might-be]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-tralamazza-couldnt-resist]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-davidvaughn006-this-seems-like-such-good-advice-and-hard-to]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-adam_bobowski-overall-ive-noticed-that-inlining-is-just-amazing]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-sandovin34721-btw-this-sounds-like-a-nice-feature-for-a]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-borrowck_novel-assuming-o3-if-you-compare-the-assembly-output]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-calvinalkan-do-you-have-a-favorite-example-from-raddbg-to]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-zygohistoprepro-i-did-this-process-to-linearise-the-mutually]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-07-jsuarez-this-is-the-first-thing-i-do-in-every-big-refactor]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-patrickgwsmith-some-people-will-say-that-a-good-abstraction-lets]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-TylerCLaprade-john-carmack-wrote-about-this-http-number-none]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-08-rep_movsd-the-fundamental-property-of-abstraction-is-to]], [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an/2026-08-09-dvygh-makes-me-wonder-why-we-dont-have-a-tool-do-we-to]] + +**2/** @niftynathanj + +@rfleury + +distance from main sequence diff --git a/archive/threads/rfleury/index.md b/archive/threads/rfleury/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1036f7a --- /dev/null +++ b/archive/threads/rfleury/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +title: rfleury +type: note +draft: false +description: Archived threads by rfleury. +tags: + - archive + - twitter + - rfleury +--- + +- [[archive/threads/rfleury/2026-08-07-a-good-way-to-evaluate-one-axis-of-quality-of-an]]