When I started out in engineering some years ago and coming from a french schooling system, I had this attitude of taking a lot of established things for granted. I think it’s pretty common for europeans to have an epiphany, especially after visiting SF, when realizing that agency is a thing and that the stuff we use doesn’t just spawn out of thin air. In that same vein I recently felt like I was overly reliant on clean abstractions for my ML work. In a way it’s pretty incredible to be ...
