@steveklabnik I'll abstract that even further: Too Much of a Good Thing. :-)
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@steveklabnik A framework of abstractions is only helpful if everyone (eg a dev team) understands them. Otherwise, they cause confusion.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@steveklabnik one abstraction to rule them all: too many _____ is the problemThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@steveklabnik Is that too many abstractions per-se, or too many bad ones? I've seen a lot of the latter myself.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@steveklabnik I'd be curious to see a few samples of what you're seeing though.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@steveklabnik balance is important.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@steveklabnik too few abstractions, though, is just electrical engineering… know what I mean?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@steveklabnik I like Kernighan's (?) formulation: you're half as smart debugging as programming, so code half as cleverly as you want. -
@marick@steveklabnik I’ve railed (har har) against the “loose couple all the things” fad for that reason. The sweet spot varies.
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@steveklabnik it's an old Dutch saying that everything with "too" in front of it is not good. The exceptions don't translate well in EnglishThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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