@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 don’t have to understand the loops underneath.

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• Author: Patrick Smith (@patrickgwsmith)
• Posted: 2026-08-08 00:33:16

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Some people will say that a good abstraction lets you understand the loops underneath, and some will say that a good abstraction means you don’t have to understand the loops underneath.

I’m definitely in the former camp: CPU and memory are resources like any other.

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