We have used too many levels of abstractions

The author argues that the tech industry has added too many layers of abstraction, leaving fewer people who understand the technology beneath the tools they use. Writing in Denmark-linked context, the post contends that the industry's drive for profit, speed and automation has produced people trained to configure tools rather than understand how they work. It cites the merging of development, security and operations into DevOps and DevSecOps roles as an example of tasks being crammed into single jobs. The post also describes front-end developers unaware that a website can be built without a deployment tool or JavaScript, and a penetration testing tool's green dashboard giving false assurance. It concludes that engineers should stay curious and understand the layers beneath their work.