I'd look at it in the opposite direction. Good abstractions are powerful when you understand what they build on. That recurses all the way down. Learning bottom

I'd look at it in the opposite direction. Good abstractions are powerful when you understand what they build on. That recurses all the way down. Learning bottom up is a natural path, but there is still plenty of opportunity to explore top down. The difference is that top down discovery needs to be an intentional journey.