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Sue Smith · 6w
When you automate or abstract something, you're making a guess about what the user needs to know about, and sometimes it turns out you obfuscated away important understanding. Rather then actually con...
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When I wrote this post I wasn't thinking about ai, I was thinking about how some of the abstractions in glitch that had been enabling became problematic over time.

With some of the vibe coding platforms what happens is initially enabling then turns out not to be as you e.g. need to extend your app or export it etc.

We aren't explicitly considering the trade-offs we're making.

https://dev.to/suesmith/abstractions-no-not-like-that-3pl3
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Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫ · 6w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqu9ltu5p76pc8ahsekdzrp5aq0hxumu9kjrd3ywk58r2zguu0tetsh52d25 I think part of it is certainly a lack of comprehension about the sharp cliff edge between code that produces output you can judge and iterate on until you're happy with it, and code t...
Sue Smith · 6w
I've only gone and blogged about this https://dev.to/suesmith/automation-is-a-trade-off-2fh8