> Suddenly, everyone was talking about HTTP APIs, when they said API. I had a junior dev try to correct me when I used "framework" and "API" outside of a web c

> Suddenly, everyone was talking about HTTP APIs, when they said API. I had a junior dev try to correct me when I used "framework" and "API" outside of a web context. It caught me off guard at first, but the more I've thought about it, it seems inevitable as time goes on. The more abstractions we build, the more unreasonable it becomes to expect every developer to start with "bare metal" and work their way up. Schools are forced to teach with "the other side" (i.e. the highest-level abstractions) as the benchmark for graduating, because that's what employers need. So at some point they have to cut some of the more esoteric CS fundamentals and concepts to make room.