The Law of Leaky Abstractions

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gptkbp:instanceOf concept
gptkbp:appliesTo computer science
software engineering
gptkbp:describes all non-trivial abstractions are leaky
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Joel_Spolsky
2002
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Law of Leaky Abstractions
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Joel_on_Software
gptkbp:relatedTo abstraction
programming
software design
gptkbp:state Abstractions fail to completely hide underlying complexity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Joel_on_Software
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6