I can relate to your point more in that way. Joel has a gift for exlplaining intangibles. Agree with his point also having had to spend time debating whether an

I can relate to your point more in that way. Joel has a gift for exlplaining intangibles. Agree with his point also having had to spend time debating whether an abstraction choice adds value. Still worth noting I think though that he does say “sometimes”, because no one is going anywhere without abstractions or generalizations. The problem is they’re hard to do really well and we know historically really smart people can make small mistakes and fall into the not cogent/no value/Joel trap #234.