> Nonetheless, the only thing I could think of after reading your example is just how many subtle bugs and inconsistent behaviors this engine will have with various edgecases, so I'm still pretty convinced I'd rather implement it with less abstraction/indirection.
This line of reasoning cuts both ways: how many bugs and inconsistent behaviors often pop up because developers rushed to write code without gathering enough requirements on the domain, how many productivity problems are caused by growing the system by accretion where it can, and how many rewrites were required just to fit the system's domain to the problem and shed technical debt from the accretion.
This line of reasoning cuts both ways: how many bugs and inconsistent behaviors often pop up because developers rushed to write code without gathering enough requirements on the domain, how many productivity problems are caused by growing the system by accretion where it can, and how many rewrites were required just to fit the system's domain to the problem and shed technical debt from the accretion.