I’m reminded of an earlier HN discussion about an article called The Wrong Abstraction, where I argued¹ that abstractions have both a benefit and a cost and tha

I’m reminded of an earlier HN discussion about an article called The Wrong Abstraction, where I argued¹ that abstractions have both a benefit and a cost and that their ratio may change as a program evolves and which of those “nitty gritty details” are immediately relevant and which can helpfully be hidden behind abstractions changes. ¹ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23742118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23742118