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		ninetyninenine on July 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Tech of Planetary Annihilation: ChronoCam (201... Put an interface around it and you can change the underlying data structure.

NateEag on July 29, 2024 [–]

Except for when you can't, because all abstractions leak.

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ninetyninenine on July 30, 2024 | [–]

Of course there are always times where you can't.

But most of the times you can.

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