The Wrong Abstraction — Sandi Metz

I feel like for these complex problems, it's basically impossible to design a framework de novo. And people try this all the time, but it very rarely works. Instead, what happens is you have an application that works well, and then basically you copy and paste that two or three times, and then you look at the diffs, and the things that aren't the d... See more

All non-trivial abstractions, to some degree, are leaky.

Over-processing the work is too real a problem in a world of bloated middle management.

“I would have done this differently, but how you did it works too” is a sentiment not heard nearly enough.

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plenty of fun metaphors for this one…

there’s a reason a car only has one steering wheel.

There are many ways to get somewhere. the most incorrect option is a... See more