It’s an old one but I think Joel Spolsky‘s take on leaky abstractions is relevan...

louthy · 2024-12-06T11:53:58 1733486038

Aligned with:

“The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.” — Edsger Dijkstra

The abstraction has never been this leaky or vague — Me

truefossil · 2024-12-06T12:20:03 1733487603

Agree. So far "the progress" implied understanding (discovering) previously unknown things. AI is exactly the opposite: "I don't understand how, but it sorta works!"

olvy0 · 2024-12-06T12:07:30 1733486850

That is a great quote, thank you.

rob74 · 2024-12-06T14:19:13 1733494753

That's the purpose that all abstractions strive to achieve, but most of them fall short - and become leaky...

rossmurphy · 2024-12-06T12:14:52 1733487292

Joel's blog posts should be hung in the Louvre.