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by jbhoot 579 days ago
OP here.

Thank you for posting this here, and for all the corrections. I have updated the post with them.

My idea behind a mental model is to describe how I visualise a concept in my mind when I think about it.

The level of abstraction of a mental model is supposed to keep out the details of implementation, ensuring which I failed at. Because the deeper you dig from this level, the more inaccurate things will turn out to be.

A mental model for me is meant to be only a starting point for a concept.

In other words, the aim is such that when you think about a concept, its mental model should put you into the right perspective. Right, this is how something works, now let's check out the manual to see how I can put it to use.

I've now configured my site to add this explainer to a post classified under Mental model.