Source: https://mayphus.org/notes/concrete-before-abstraction/
Title: concrete before abstraction
Metadata: {"date":"2026-07-14","id":"concrete-before-abstraction","kind":"note","links":[],"tags":["ai","workflow"],"topic":"ideas","type":"note"}

Coding, architecture, and other high-level work can be important, but they can also abstract the problem until I lose sight of what actually needs to be solved. I want to begin with the concrete problem, make the smallest useful thing, and only add abstraction when the work asks for it.