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by Chris_Newton 5443 days ago
One of the most interesting things I ever saw about API design was a presentation by Casey Muratori called "Designing and Evaluating Reusable Components".

It's the first time I saw anyone acknowledge this profound insight: sometimes, writing a practically useful API entirely at the same level of abstraction simply isn't possible.

Looks like it's available here, now:

http://mollyrocket.com/9438