kasdeya on Nostr: “idempotence” is a disproportionately fancy, unapproachable word for literally ...
“idempotence” is a disproportionately fancy, unapproachable word for literally just “if nothing needs changing, don’t touch anything”. I bet the term was invented by someone who was trying to justify their paycheck
also, making stuff idempotent just seems like the obviously right thing to do. we don’t need a fancy math term for “hey maybe your patch shouldn’t break stuff that’s already patched”
I’ve been trying to think of a more approachable term than “idempotence” and the best I have so far is “look first”. as in, “make sure your patch looks first (before touching/changing anything)”
also, making stuff idempotent just seems like the obviously right thing to do. we don’t need a fancy math term for “hey maybe your patch shouldn’t break stuff that’s already patched”
I’ve been trying to think of a more approachable term than “idempotence” and the best I have so far is “look first”. as in, “make sure your patch looks first (before touching/changing anything)”