doing<\/strong>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI think these are flawed statements. When we say or think these things, we are really saying “This is above my abstraction point.”<\/p>\n
Your abstraction point is the level of abstraction you feel most comfortable in getting stuff done from day to day. It might be using design view in Dreamweaver and adding interactions with IxEdit. It might be writing in assembly language. Neither one is “better” than the other. It’s just where your current comfort level is, and more importantly, using the tools you need to to get the task done with reasonable speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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