{"slug": "a-library-is-a-basis-app-code-is-coefficients-refactoring-is-a-change-of-basis-i", "title": "A library is a basis. App code is coefficients. Refactoring is a change of basis. I use compression and sparse coding to pin down what actually counts as a \"new idea\" — and why frequency, not drama,…", "summary": "Engineer Richard Emate argues that a software library functions as a basis, application code as its coefficients, and refactoring as a change of basis, using compression and sparse coding to define what qualifies as a genuinely new idea. Emate contends that frequency, rather than drama, is what earns an idea that status.", "body_md": "A Psychological State is a Coefficient Vector\nRichard Emate\nRichard Emate\nRichard Emate\nFollow\nSep 23\nA Psychological State is a Coefficient Vector\n#\ncomputerscience\n#\nmachinelearning\n#\nai\n#\nprogramming\nAdd Comment\n13 min read", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-library-is-a-basis-app-code-is-coefficients-refactoring-is-a-change-of-basis-i", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/rouche01/a-library-is-a-basis-app-code-is-coefficients-refactoring-is-a-change-of-basis-i-use-compression-ihm", "published_at": "2026-09-23 10:21:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-23 10:58:41.619169+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["machine-learning", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Richard Emate"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-library-is-a-basis-app-code-is-coefficients-refactoring-is-a-change-of-basis-i", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-library-is-a-basis-app-code-is-coefficients-refactoring-is-a-change-of-basis-i.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-library-is-a-basis-app-code-is-coefficients-refactoring-is-a-change-of-basis-i.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-library-is-a-basis-app-code-is-coefficients-refactoring-is-a-change-of-basis-i.jsonld"}}