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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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