I think the post describes a way in which this particular abstraction is "leaky." We have to hope that the abstractions we rely on every day are less leaky and

I think the post describes a way in which this particular abstraction is "leaky." We have to hope that the abstractions we rely on every day are less leaky and thus allow us to get by without intimate knowledge of the underlying complexity. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.htm...