Description All of us have some mental models around the hardware & software we use, e.g. “stack is faster, heap is slower”. Most of these rules/models have a good reason behind them - simplified abstractions allow us to think at a higher plane without being distracted by low level details. more

Abstractions are great! They help us think without being overwhelmed by details. But sometimes they can come at the cost of understanding, where they become a wall that we don’t wish to climb. That limits us, because when they change, a lot of us can’t keep up. more