Abstraction @ Kalo

An abstract talk on the topic of abstraction. How meta.

This explores how to measure and consider abstraction across everything.

Transcript

1. Abstraction
   

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2. On the Spectrum of Abstraction
   Cheng Lou @ React Europe 2016
   

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4. Abstraction (powerful ↑)
   

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5. Product (useful)
   Abstraction (powerful ↑)
   

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6. Cost
   Product (useful)
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   Abstraction (powerful ↑)
   

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7. Cost
   Product (useful)
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   What level of abstraction do 

   we need to cover our product?
   Abstraction (powerful ↑)
   

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8. Cost
   Product (useful)
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   What level of abstraction do 

   we need to cover our product?
   Really Abstract.
   Abstraction (powerful ↑)
   

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9. Cost
   Product (useful)
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   What level of abstraction do 

   we need to cover our product?
   No Abstraction.
   Abstraction (powerful ↑)
   

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10. Cost
    Product (useful)
    1 2 3
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    What level of abstraction do 

    we need to cover our product?
    Mid Abstraction.
    Abstraction (powerful ↑)
    

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11. Why wouldn’t you always want all the power?
    

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12. Why not write everything with 1’s and 0’s?
    

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13. Constraining
    provides
    properties
    Abstracting
    loses
    context
    

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14. Right. What does this mean?!
    

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15. Everything I just spewed is here.
    

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16. What would be more useful are these.
    Examples!
    

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17. Example #1: Kalo Invoices
    

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18. Example #1: Kalo Invoices
    :( Undesired product
    

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19. :(
    Example #1: Kalo Invoices
    

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20. Example #2: Documentation
    

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22. Example #2: Documentation
    

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23. Example #2: Documentation
    

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24. Example #3: DRY
    

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25. Example #3: DRY
    

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26. Example #3: DRY
    Cost
    

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27. Example #3: DRY
    Cost
    

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28. Example #4: The Frontend
    

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29. Example #4: The Frontend
    

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30. Example #4: The Frontend
    

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31. Example #5: PaaS / Dennis
    

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32. Example #5: PaaS / Dennis
    

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33. Example #5: PaaS / Dennis
    

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34. To conclude…
    

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35. Abstraction is a constant battle between
    cost, properties and product.
    

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36. Questions?
    

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