It's basically an abstraction that fails to properly abstract away the (complex) reality behind it, which leads to things being more, instead of less, difficult

It's basically an abstraction that fails to properly abstract away the (complex) reality behind it, which leads to things being more, instead of less, difficult to grasp. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/11/11/the-law-of-leaky-abstractions/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/11/11/the-law-of-leaky-a...