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A quote I heard recently: Any problem can be solved with another layer of abstraction...

• dtech 8y ago
  This sounds like a modification of David Wheeler's quote: There is no problem in computer science that can't be solved using another level of indirection.
  • szemet 8y ago
    And we also have the modification of Rob Pike: "There's nothing in computing that can't be broken by another level of indirection." https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/48790422931243008 https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/48790422931243008
  • gitgud 8y ago
    Yes I think that was it. Makes me rethink every abstraction I add to solve a problem.