"abstraction" entries
Abstraction in web apps: an idea, not an ideology
Create the Web instead of colonizing it.
Some weeks ago, when it was still wintry in one half of U.S.A. and anything but in the other half, I encountered the following Tweet:
The old man seemed lost and friendless. “I miss static HTML,” he said.
— Jeffrey Zeldman (@zeldman) March 12, 2015
I’m grateful to call Jeffrey Zeldman a friend, seeing as he’s a terrific guy in addition to being one of the foremost doyens of web design. In that sentiment and with the wish to call attention to his lament, I replied:
@zeldman Story of my last five years, that. When did simplification & removal of dependencies become subversive?
— Ben Henick (@bhenick) March 12, 2015
…And now I get to unpack all of that, as briefly as possible.