I like to think of it as the difference between magical and mechanical. Imagine you need to know what time it is, and you're offered two options to find out.

I like to think of it as the difference between magical and mechanical. Imagine you need to know what time it is, and you're offered two options to find out. One is to recite an incantation, a magic word, and the current time will appear in the air in front of you. The other option you are offered is a clock or a watch. With this option, anytime you need to know the time you can simply look at the clock face and simply and immediately know, but when peeling back the surface, you can see an intricate set of gears all working together to keep track of the time. On the surface, both of these options are equally easy to use and useful to find out the current time, but the clock will be far more fixable and extensible. IMO we should strive to make our frameworks "mechanical" like the clock rather than magical.