Cheng Lou - On the Spectrum of Abstraction at react-europe 2016

Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it as thought-provoking material on the tradeoffs and costs of abstraction, especially in frontend tooling debates.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

ReactEurope

Topic

software abstraction

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2016–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• This talk is incredible food for thought: On the spectrum of abstraction by Cheng Lou (react-europe 2016) [1] If you've read some of the classics, such as Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (1979, Gerald Jay Sussman and Hal Abelson) [2], this talk is a …

• For a more visual explanation of the "cost of abstractions" watch this presentation by Cheng Lou (Facebook). [VIDEO]

• The spectrum of abstraction: [VIDEO] This is an high level talk. it guides on how to choose between competing solutions to a problem when the commonly accepted answer is "it depends"