Note that this is a meta-article: it consists of a critique of another article. The other article seems to be looking for the word "abstraction-induced complex

Note that this is a meta-article: it consists of a critique of another article. The other article seems to be looking for the word "abstraction-induced complexity", which is when some interface makes some actions easy at the expense of making other actions difficult. The canonical reference: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.53.969 http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.53.9... Secondly, even notorious Windows Programmers say the same sort of thing about Windows tools. In http://www.charlespetzold.com/etc/DoesVisualStudioRotTheMind.html http://www.charlespetzold.com/etc/DoesVisualStudioRotTheMind..., Charles Petzold himself says that Visual Studio rots the brain. He also misses the boat with his predictions about "Avalon", but that's best left to fanbois. Thirdly, isn't this the same point Paul Graham made in his article http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html "Great Hackers"? So, maybe the original article is correct, at least if you believe Authorities.