1) recognize the law of leaky abstractions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_abstraction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_abstraction 2) recognize how thi

1) recognize the law of leaky abstractions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_abstraction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_abstraction 2) recognize how this state of things is no different in software from the rest of what people create 3) deal with it the way you deal with it otherwise and apply your existing knowledge accordingly. software really isn't that brilliant most of the time.