Moxie Marlinspike argues that engineers are most effective when abstraction layers serve as shorthand for understanding rather than as black boxes.

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"Moxie Marlinspike argues that engineers are most effective when abstraction layers serve as shorthand for understanding rather than as black boxes."

Marlinspike contrasts shorthand and black-box use of abstractions and warns that imperfect interfaces can produce increasingly serious problems as applications grow in scale and complexity.

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Source title The magic of software; or, what makes a good engineer also makes a good engineering organization

Source authors Moxie Marlinspike

Source year 2024

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