Abstraction & Composition
The more I mature in software development, the more I value the fundamentals — insights that seemed trivial when I was a beginner, but now hold profound significance with the benefit of experience.
“In the martial art of Karate […] the symbol of pride for a black belt is to wear it long enough such that the dye fades to white as to symbolize returning to the beginner state.” ~ John Maeda, “The Laws of Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life”
Abstraction is “the process of considering something independently of its associations, attributes, or concrete accompaniments,” according to Google dictionary.
The word abstraction comes from the latin verb abstrahere, which means “to draw away”. I like this insight. Abstraction ...
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