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Developer recalls pushback on code abstraction vs. maintainability

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A user on Mastodon shared a personal anecdote about receiving pushback years ago for suggesting that over-abstraction in code could decrease maintainability. The user contrasted this with working "closer to the metal," implying a preference for more direct, less abstract coding practices. This reflection was posted with the hashtag #AI, though its direct connection to AI is not elaborated upon in the provided text. AI

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Developer recalls pushback on code abstraction vs. maintainability

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Many many years ago I gave a talk at a couple of local conferences and online about how over-abstracting code and can sometimes make codebases *less* maintainab

    Many many years ago I gave a talk at a couple of local conferences and online about how over-abstracting code and can sometimes make codebases *less* maintainable than if you just worked closer to the metal, and I was so surprised at the time how much pushback I got about that. #…

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