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Law of Leaky Abstractions

Complexity Leakage.

The article

If

All non-trivial abstractions, to some degree, leak. You can't use SQL without understanding how indexes work eventually.

Then

Use abstractions to move fast, but ensure at least one person on the team understands the layer beneath it.

Unless

T-Shaped Skills

Source

Joel Spolsky, The Law of Leaky Abstractions (Joel on Software, 2002).

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