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There are tasks that can be completed quicker with web frameworks and tasks that can be completed quicker without them. They aren't a solution for every task.

I'm not sure why people struggle so much and fight abstractions so much but I guess that's a sign a techie is getting "old".



>I'm not sure why people struggle so much and fight abstractions so much but I guess that's a sign a techie is getting "old".

Yeah, it's a sign they are older, and have seen the same shit play again and again, and starry eyed newcomers fall for every new fad with shit-eating grins...


Struggle and fight abstractions?

Some abstractions cause more trouble than they solve, and then create solutions to their own problems on top. That's the point.

Older techie might have seen more abstractions, and choose more wisely the lesser complicated one for the job.


This talk is incredible food for thought:

On the spectrum of abstraction by Cheng Lou (react-europe 2016) [1]

If you've read some of the classics, such as Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (1979, Gerald Jay Sussman and Hal Abelson) [2], this talk is a really interesting look at the state of affairs on abstraction circa 2016.

[1]: https://youtu.be/mVVNJKv9esE

[2]: https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html


> a sign a techie is getting "old".

Some of those "older" techies have gotten a wisdom that only comes with experience.




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