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> I'm surprised by how well abstracted MacOS is (was). Usually the difference between something being well-abstracted vs poorly-abstracted is how well it's exp
by phendrenad2 7mo ago
> I'm surprised by how well abstracted MacOS is (was).
Usually the difference between something being well-abstracted vs poorly-abstracted is how well it's explained.
- shermantanktop 7mo agoI’d say it’s more about how much explanation is needed. There are cool abstractions that require explanation because they aren’t intuitive at first, and then it clicks. But usually if I find endless explanations of why indirection is better because it aligns with someone’s conceptual model, that’s to me a bad abstraction. Not because it’s leaky, but because it resists understanding.