waysa

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1. 31.▲
   by waysa 3y ago

   In a world of changing requirements it can be difficult to know what the right abstraction is going to be. I am happy to accept some duplication early in the development cycle until the requirements have settled. Only then it's possibl
2. 32.▲
   by waysa 3y ago

   It's been a while and the code is long lost. We only touched the surface of SymPy. Functions, Substitutions, some `ingegrate` and `simplify` is what I remember. The maths was already done. My job was to verify some equations.
3. 33.▲
   by waysa 3y ago

   They don't say you shouldn't optimize at all. But before you do, check what your performance bottlenecks are, take measurements and start from there.
4. 34.▲
   by waysa 3y ago

   I used PyPy with SymPy when I was helping out a mathematician-friend. SymPy is not exactly fast, a free performance boost was very welcome.
5. 35.▲
   by waysa 3y ago

   He specifically engineered his particles to be as densely packed as possible. I assume the pigments in commercial paint would limit the cooling capacity. Probably that's why he went with a clear acrylic base (with bubbles to make it re