Turtles all the way down: Abstractions and when we should use them - Mark Lakewood (Pycon AU 2024) @PyConAU
Turtles all the way down: Abstractions and when we should use them - Mark Lakewood (Pycon AU 2024)  @PyConAU
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(Mark Lakewood) Abstractions are one of the greatest tools in all of programming. But sometimes we reach for them too often. How do we know when we should use an abstraction, and when we should just use the ones that already exist.

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"Turtles all the way down: Abstractions and when we should use them" - Mark Lakewood (Pycon AU 2024)

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