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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
psypherpunk@hachyderm.io ("PsypherPunk") wrote:
Wonderful article: "Computers can be understood": https://blog.nelhage.com/post/computers-can-be-understood/
"…no single human understands all of the layers…from the transistors and silicon up through …the application code, not even to mention all the network services involved…"—why I am, shall we say, not a fan of the phrase "full stack".
"…engineers I’ve worked with (including myself) who are the most comfortable reading unfamiliar code bases are at risk of habitually undervaluing documentation…”—ouch, that one hurt.