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The first way people usually learn code compression is by pulling common things out into helper functions, but in my view the complexity of adding a new entry point is often overlooked, and things quickly turn into a mess.

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@rfleury Does this imply if you took an external dependency, like Linux or matrix library, and started folding that code into your own, instead of calling into it, your code would improve?

@rfleury Does this imply if you took an external dependency, like Linux or matrix library, and started folding that code into your own, instead of calling into it, your code would improve?

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description@rfleury Does this imply if you took an external dependency, like Linux or matrix library, and started folding that code into your own, instead of calling into it, your code would improve?

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  • URL: https://x.com/pbwinston/status/2061774820073734389
  • Author: Philip Winston (@pbwinston)
  • Posted: 2026-06-02 11:39:57

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Does this imply if you took an external dependency, like Linux or matrix library, and started folding that code into your own, instead of calling into it, your code would improve?

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