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Re:The Law of Leaky Abstractions (2002) by yen223 on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @06:23PM (#39623075)
There's a well-written article by Bret Victor on climbing the ladder of abstraction. It makes the same argument you made, in that climbing "down" the ladder is just as important as going "up"

https://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/

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Re:The Law of Leaky Abstractions (2002) by cloogshicer on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @06:32PM (#39623164)
Thank you for posting, I love that article. Bret Victor is a genius in my opinion and his writings and talks have inspired many of the thoughts I've written above.
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