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by Cthulhu_ 2824 days ago
The problem isn't the abstractions, it's the sheer size of the codebase. The author - and I think most people - prefer a codebase they can grok. Nobody can grok millions of LOC, at best they can have a high level overview of what does what.

At that point you need the abstractions and practices that make code boring.