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0 pointsbluefirebrand6h ago0 comments

Avoiding abstractions "because I like to save time" doesn't sound like something a professional software engineer should ever say

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abustamam4h ago

Isn't that the whole concept of "technical debt" though? This has been how software has been developed for quite a while, even pre-LLM. Sometimes your boss puts a thousand things on your plate and you take shortcuts on less important things to save time, and sometimes it works out well and sometimes it doesn't.

sevenzero6h ago

Yea because having 200 different abstractions and DSLs makes stuff easier for sure! Why not use all the stuff that was popular 6 years ago like Prisma, GraphQL and Redux, whoops suddenly you need a whole team of devs knowing all kinds of unecessary abstractions.

hansmayer4h ago

> Prisma, GraphQL and Redux, whoops suddenly you need a whole team of devs knowing all kinds of unecessary abstractions.

Ah, let me guess / you're one of those non-technical PMs who can finally shove it to the devs - by spitting out unreadable HTML storing all it's data in a flat file? Oh boy, do I have news for you...

sevenzero2h ago

I am actually a full stack dev working with Vue and Laravel a lot atm. Also have quite some experience with Golang. I like lightweight frameworks and simple stuff, and yes, I avoid solutions by people trying to be smart over being simple.

bluefirebrandOP4h ago

Based on the examples you provided, I think the term you're looking for is "external dependencies" not "abstractions"

Edit: Incidentally, I tend to treat "code made by an LLM" and "external dependencies" pretty much the same. Pretty low trust, with a strong interface between it and any code that matters

sevenzero2h ago

Having a JSON file handle a form schema I provide abstracts away directly building the form myself with actual tech supported by most browsers, hence why I call it abstraction.

I usually only use stuff that either is raw Js, HTML, CSS or whatever builds on top of it. Never something that introduces some DSL and generates files for said environments.

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abustamam4h ago

sevenzero6h ago

hansmayer4h ago

> Prisma, GraphQL and Redux, whoops suddenly you need a whole team of devs knowing all kinds of unecessary abstractions.

Ah, let me guess / you're one of those non-technical PMs who can finally shove it to the devs - by spitting out unreadable HTML storing all it's data in a flat file? Oh boy, do I have news for you...

sevenzero2h ago

bluefirebrandOP4h ago

Based on the examples you provided, I think the term you're looking for is "external dependencies" not "abstractions"

Edit: Incidentally, I tend to treat "code made by an LLM" and "external dependencies" pretty much the same. Pretty low trust, with a strong interface between it and any code that matters

sevenzero2h ago

Having a JSON file handle a form schema I provide abstracts away directly building the form myself with actual tech supported by most browsers, hence why I call it abstraction.

I usually only use stuff that either is raw Js, HTML, CSS or whatever builds on top of it. Never something that introduces some DSL and generates files for said environments.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse