Why Patching Globals Is Harmful
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Why Patching Globals Is Harmful
Increased efficiency can sometimes, counterintuitively, lead to worse outcomes. This is true almost everywhere. We will name this phenomenon the strong version of Goodhart's law. As one example, more efficient centralized tracking of student progress by standardized testing seems like such a good idea that well-intentioned laws mandate it. However,
... See moreJascha Sohl-Dickstein • Too Much Efficiency Makes Everything Worse: Overfitting and the Strong Version of Goodhart's Law
Understanding how lower-level pieces work should be important to every programmer!
What I found out after some time at my job is that you can often make smaller, simpler, and faster code tailored to your project's needs than the libraries you used. Libraries will almost always overgeneralize problems, making various 'tradeoffs' along... See more
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