The problem I run into each time I try to do Embedded Rust is that everyone has built a tower of abstractions and their abstractions are badly designed and I have to rebuild everything
Which, I guess, contrasts against C where there are no abstractions so I have to build everything from scratch
Which, I guess, contrasts against C where there are no abstractions so I have to build everything from scratch
November 11, 2026 at 10:06 AM
The problem I run into each time I try to do Embedded Rust is that everyone has built a tower of abstractions and their abstractions are badly designed and I have to rebuild everything
Which, I guess, contrasts against C where there are no abstractions so I have to build everything from scratch
Which, I guess, contrasts against C where there are no abstractions so I have to build everything from scratch
Spending too much time laboring in abstractions built on abstractions can isolate you from yourself and your physical body, if you let it.
November 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Spending too much time laboring in abstractions built on abstractions can isolate you from yourself and your physical body, if you let it.
This has to be written in terms of grand abstractions because if you just said Adenauer was a woke globalist lib, it’s obviously dumb.
November 11, 2026 at 7:09 AM
This has to be written in terms of grand abstractions because if you just said Adenauer was a woke globalist lib, it’s obviously dumb.
Gray, the thunder and the cloud—
the ambiguity of the infinite,
the voice of what cannot remain silent..
the formlessness from which all forms emerge.
#Abstractions
the ambiguity of the infinite,
the voice of what cannot remain silent..
the formlessness from which all forms emerge.
#Abstractions
November 6, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Gray, the thunder and the cloud—
the ambiguity of the infinite,
the voice of what cannot remain silent..
the formlessness from which all forms emerge.
#Abstractions
the ambiguity of the infinite,
the voice of what cannot remain silent..
the formlessness from which all forms emerge.
#Abstractions
for education and engagement to take the conclusion for granted. IME also can prevent engaging with contemporary indigenous issues and indigenous futures by fixating on spiritual abstractions over like, hey people here have diabetes and need clean water
November 11, 2026 at 5:01 AM
for education and engagement to take the conclusion for granted. IME also can prevent engaging with contemporary indigenous issues and indigenous futures by fixating on spiritual abstractions over like, hey people here have diabetes and need clean water
is raising, both sides will be more compelling. But a lot of nerds hate the latter approach because it embraces the abstractions and literary devices instead of made up facts.
November 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
is raising, both sides will be more compelling. But a lot of nerds hate the latter approach because it embraces the abstractions and literary devices instead of made up facts.
asking a glorified hint file for coding hints is not the same thing as letting the AI do your art for you
using bad abstractions to navigate other bad abstractions and manufactured problems is fine actually, so long as the tool actually does what it says it does
using bad abstractions to navigate other bad abstractions and manufactured problems is fine actually, so long as the tool actually does what it says it does
November 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
asking a glorified hint file for coding hints is not the same thing as letting the AI do your art for you
using bad abstractions to navigate other bad abstractions and manufactured problems is fine actually, so long as the tool actually does what it says it does
using bad abstractions to navigate other bad abstractions and manufactured problems is fine actually, so long as the tool actually does what it says it does
They are also bad at finding abstractions that don’t eschew performance and keep rewriting systems from scratch over and over.
November 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
They are also bad at finding abstractions that don’t eschew performance and keep rewriting systems from scratch over and over.
That’s def a possibility. I am just advocating for making knowledge accessible where possible. Know your audience for sure (as Chris does). But skipping jargon and abstractions that laypeople wont know can drive engagement and curiosity in meaningful ways IMO.
November 10, 2026 at 6:32 PM
That’s def a possibility. I am just advocating for making knowledge accessible where possible. Know your audience for sure (as Chris does). But skipping jargon and abstractions that laypeople wont know can drive engagement and curiosity in meaningful ways IMO.
Amy Genser’s Elaborate Mulberry Paper Assemblages Undulate Like the Sea www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/11/amy-...
Amy Genser's Elaborate Mulberry Paper Assemblages Undulate Like the Sea
Amy Genser's undulating abstractions evoke marine swells, currents, reefs, and the topography of the sea floor.
www.thisiscolossal.com
November 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Amy Genser’s Elaborate Mulberry Paper Assemblages Undulate Like the Sea www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/11/amy-...
A catastrophic decision. SPD consistently demonstrate their incompetence and corruption. Refusal to deal with the particular agency that is being empowered enabled by living in a fog of abstractions
NEW STORY// Wilson Greenlights Expansion of Surveillance in Seattle
By Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org
By Amy Sundberg via @theurbanist.org
Wilson Greenlights Expansion of Surveillance in Seattle
Mayor Katie Wilson announced Tuesday that the City is moving forward with the expansion of the Seattle Police Department’s surveillance program, which was approved by city council last fall but paused by her. Civil rights groups criticized the move as a betrayal of her campaign promises.
www.theurbanist.org
November 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM
A catastrophic decision. SPD consistently demonstrate their incompetence and corruption. Refusal to deal with the particular agency that is being empowered enabled by living in a fog of abstractions
This is so much funnier with the knowledge that Abstractions are his biggest trauma trigger.
Don't mind me, just decorating the very thing that haunts my darkest nightmares...
Don't mind me, just decorating the very thing that haunts my darkest nightmares...
November 10, 2026 at 7:11 AM
This is so much funnier with the knowledge that Abstractions are his biggest trauma trigger.
Don't mind me, just decorating the very thing that haunts my darkest nightmares...
Don't mind me, just decorating the very thing that haunts my darkest nightmares...
Peppermint Patty is a gender-nonconforming kid who struggles with abstractions and academics but is very comfortable and confident within her special interest (and baseball is arguably one of the more autistic sports). I'd say she's got more than a few hints of neurospiciness.
November 9, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Peppermint Patty is a gender-nonconforming kid who struggles with abstractions and academics but is very comfortable and confident within her special interest (and baseball is arguably one of the more autistic sports). I'd say she's got more than a few hints of neurospiciness.
The idea that "code is free, SDKs are useless" fails to see that code encodes cultural practice and that SDKs are more a means reuse code and create abstractions. PLs and SDKs encode best practices, prevent footguns, and became a surface for a community's values and taste.
I don't especially agree with "code is free/cheap now. So we don't need SDKs or can rewrite anything" now with LLMs. Can def do that and nothing is really wrong with that.
I still think it's the community projects made with care that will win out in the maintenance longevity.
I still think it's the community projects made with care that will win out in the maintenance longevity.
November 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The idea that "code is free, SDKs are useless" fails to see that code encodes cultural practice and that SDKs are more a means reuse code and create abstractions. PLs and SDKs encode best practices, prevent footguns, and became a surface for a community's values and taste.
Totally agree - it's different tooling for different levels of abstractions.
To abuse the carpentry analogy - some people love working with hand tools when affordable, good power tools exist! I use hand planes regularly because they're often the right tool for the job!
To abuse the carpentry analogy - some people love working with hand tools when affordable, good power tools exist! I use hand planes regularly because they're often the right tool for the job!
November 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Totally agree - it's different tooling for different levels of abstractions.
To abuse the carpentry analogy - some people love working with hand tools when affordable, good power tools exist! I use hand planes regularly because they're often the right tool for the job!
To abuse the carpentry analogy - some people love working with hand tools when affordable, good power tools exist! I use hand planes regularly because they're often the right tool for the job!
As sad as that sounds, yes.
Production code-bases are horrible minefields of past decisions and co-workers long left.
Using AI has potential. But, it still means that someone has to be mindful of patterns and abstractions - or at the very least ask the right questions.
Production code-bases are horrible minefields of past decisions and co-workers long left.
Using AI has potential. But, it still means that someone has to be mindful of patterns and abstractions - or at the very least ask the right questions.
November 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
As sad as that sounds, yes.
Production code-bases are horrible minefields of past decisions and co-workers long left.
Using AI has potential. But, it still means that someone has to be mindful of patterns and abstractions - or at the very least ask the right questions.
Production code-bases are horrible minefields of past decisions and co-workers long left.
Using AI has potential. But, it still means that someone has to be mindful of patterns and abstractions - or at the very least ask the right questions.
I'd respect people's "no AI use is okay and anyone who uses AI deserves to be attacked" positions if they didn't cave the moment that the people accused or admitting stop being abstractions.
Have some conviction when the consequences of your rhetoric look you in the eye.
Have some conviction when the consequences of your rhetoric look you in the eye.
November 11, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I'd respect people's "no AI use is okay and anyone who uses AI deserves to be attacked" positions if they didn't cave the moment that the people accused or admitting stop being abstractions.
Have some conviction when the consequences of your rhetoric look you in the eye.
Have some conviction when the consequences of your rhetoric look you in the eye.
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 – 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes’ superb and highly moving film bypasses the usual refugee dichotomies, that they’re either external threats or history’s victims. Instead of flat abstractions, we get the knotty reality.
wp.me/pgslGE-294
Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes’ superb and highly moving film bypasses the usual refugee dichotomies, that they’re either external threats or history’s victims. Instead of flat abstractions, we get the knotty reality.
wp.me/pgslGE-294
November 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 – 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes’ superb and highly moving film bypasses the usual refugee dichotomies, that they’re either external threats or history’s victims. Instead of flat abstractions, we get the knotty reality.
wp.me/pgslGE-294
Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes’ superb and highly moving film bypasses the usual refugee dichotomies, that they’re either external threats or history’s victims. Instead of flat abstractions, we get the knotty reality.
wp.me/pgslGE-294
there's all sorts of reasons elites don't want to face what's actually happening (if nothing else it would require them to do difficult things), so it gets laundered thought these dumb abstractions & prejudices
& after a while that gets locked into their sense of self as savvy strategists
& after a while that gets locked into their sense of self as savvy strategists
November 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
there's all sorts of reasons elites don't want to face what's actually happening (if nothing else it would require them to do difficult things), so it gets laundered thought these dumb abstractions & prejudices
& after a while that gets locked into their sense of self as savvy strategists
& after a while that gets locked into their sense of self as savvy strategists
if you think of abstraction as something more towards "sharing code" rather than "hiding details" then it's more obvious why performance comes from breaking abstractions, as performance means special cases that don't share details
hiding it will only hide some of them & new edge cases arrive too
hiding it will only hide some of them & new edge cases arrive too
November 11, 2026 at 4:27 AM
if you think of abstraction as something more towards "sharing code" rather than "hiding details" then it's more obvious why performance comes from breaking abstractions, as performance means special cases that don't share details
hiding it will only hide some of them & new edge cases arrive too
hiding it will only hide some of them & new edge cases arrive too
Correct.
If you threaten to hang doctors, the @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social will roll out the red carpet.
If you threaten to hang doctors, the @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social will roll out the red carpet.
November 9, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Correct.
If you threaten to hang doctors, the @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social will roll out the red carpet.
If you threaten to hang doctors, the @whyshoulditrustyou.bsky.social will roll out the red carpet.
The thing about 'imagine a culture where everyone has their own bespoke bad movies and bad novels and there's no shared anything'?
That applies to code abstractions too, and it's a nightmare. Once you've got a LLM module, you can't share knowledge, tricks, known solutions for that abstraction.
That applies to code abstractions too, and it's a nightmare. Once you've got a LLM module, you can't share knowledge, tricks, known solutions for that abstraction.
November 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The thing about 'imagine a culture where everyone has their own bespoke bad movies and bad novels and there's no shared anything'?
That applies to code abstractions too, and it's a nightmare. Once you've got a LLM module, you can't share knowledge, tricks, known solutions for that abstraction.
That applies to code abstractions too, and it's a nightmare. Once you've got a LLM module, you can't share knowledge, tricks, known solutions for that abstraction.
The artist Kenjiro Nomura (Japan, 1896-Seattle, 1956) was BOTD. His early works focused on Seattle & rural Northwest landscapes. Next, he captured his life in World War II incarceration camps. His post-war abstractions fully demonstrate his artistic growth.
FROM napost.com/2021/kenjiro...
FROM napost.com/2021/kenjiro...
November 10, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The artist Kenjiro Nomura (Japan, 1896-Seattle, 1956) was BOTD. His early works focused on Seattle & rural Northwest landscapes. Next, he captured his life in World War II incarceration camps. His post-war abstractions fully demonstrate his artistic growth.
FROM napost.com/2021/kenjiro...
FROM napost.com/2021/kenjiro...
[subway abstractions \\ 003]
#fujix100vi
4 secs@ƒ/8-ISO125
mta subway, nyc
#abstract #documentary #fujifilm #expressionism #mta #subwaystories #motion
#fujix100vi
4 secs@ƒ/8-ISO125
mta subway, nyc
#abstract #documentary #fujifilm #expressionism #mta #subwaystories #motion
November 5, 2026 at 11:12 AM
[subway abstractions \\ 003]
#fujix100vi
4 secs@ƒ/8-ISO125
mta subway, nyc
#abstract #documentary #fujifilm #expressionism #mta #subwaystories #motion
#fujix100vi
4 secs@ƒ/8-ISO125
mta subway, nyc
#abstract #documentary #fujifilm #expressionism #mta #subwaystories #motion
I love to work with abstractions 😛
November 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I love to work with abstractions 😛