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What is the 200% problem?
by NuclearPM 11mo ago
What is the 200% problem?
- recursivecaveat 11mo agoI was able to find this comment, linking to a talk that coined(?) it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36091791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36091791 I guess in short you would say that learning a leaky simplifying abstraction actually increases the amount you have to learn.
- hinkley 11mo agoWhen the abstraction fails you need to know all the implementation details of the thing being abstracted as well as the abstraction. 100 + 100 = 200. Often it’s easier and more productive overall to just learn the thing. It’s a false economy thinking you won’t need to.