Astra's first commit: covariance vs. orthogonality fix, with net LOC decrease
Sauers_ · x · 2026-09-05
The author shares their AI assistant Astra's first git commit: "distinguish centered covariance from raw orthogonality" — a stats refactoring they admit they don't fully understand — which somehow also net-decreased lines of code. A light moment about AI-written numerical code.
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