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halaproyesterday at 7:30 AM1 replyview on HN

> without knowing how it was built

It helps to understand the constraints of a medium, but you really don't need to know every level down to the electrons moving through the silicon.


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designerarvidyesterday at 9:03 AM

Certainly, it helps the architect to know the constraints of concrete and bricks, but you don’t really have to know every level of down to the chemistry.