Yhn first seen 19 h ago, last 29 min ago, peak #13
Essay asks why programmers can't stop abstracting
Original: A Man from the Future: Why Johnny Can't Stop Abstracting
A blog essay titled 'A Man from the Future: Why Johnny Can't Stop Abstracting' is drawing attention, echoing the classic 'Why Johnny Can't...' software essays. The piece examines the tendency of software developers to keep layering abstraction on top of abstraction, and the costs that habit imposes on codebases. Discussion centres on whether the profession's fondness for abstraction is progress or a recurring failure mode.
Why now: It revisits a familiar debate about over-engineering and abstraction in software design, a perennial topic among developers.
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- A Man from the Future: Why Johnny Can't Stop Abstracting · aray07 · 199
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