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Its like the difference between using cake mix or learning to bake cakes using raw ingredients. Cake mix is easier, but if there is something you don't like abo
by Jensson 4y ago
Its like the difference between using cake mix or learning to bake cakes using raw ingredients. Cake mix is easier, but if there is something you don't like about it then it is harder to fix. But still, nobody would say that cake mix baking is hard.
- vlz 4y agoI think this metaphor is a bit misleading. If you wanted to contrast work at different levels like the author does, the metaphor would be "cake mix baking" vs. "producing cake mixes". The metaphor above contrasts two different ways, but both are to make cake (output at the same level), where the one using raw ingredients spans multiple levels and the one using cake mixes stays at a higher level. One of the authors points is, that you cannot solely stay on this higher level.
- Jensson 4y ago> you cannot solely stay on this higher level. Lots of developers stays on that higher level, they don't even try to do things that can't be done at that level.