Joel Spolsky's Law of Leaky Abstractions states that non-trivial abstractions leak underlying implementation details.

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"Joel Spolsky’s Law of Leaky Abstractions states that non-trivial abstractions leak underlying implementation details."

Spolsky argues that abstractions simplify work without completely insulating developers from the underlying systems, making lower-level knowledge necessary when abstractions leak.

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Source title The Law of Leaky Abstractions

Source authors Joel Spolsky

Source year 2002

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