> we purposefully design smarter systems, maybe we can cut out layers out of the stack entirely, so worrying about things like distributed execution is a thing

> we purposefully design smarter systems, maybe we can cut out layers out of the stack entirely, so worrying about things like distributed execution is a thing of the past for 99% of programmers. Actually I disagree. If your layers represent conceptual abstractions, and not arbitrary divisions of your code stack leaking details from below, then _more_ layers is actually a good thing.