this is bound to happen. the more complicated the stack that you use becomes, the less details you understand about the lower levels.
who, today, can write or optimize assembly by hand? How about understand the OS internals? How about write a compiler? How about write a library for their fav language? How about actually troubleshoot a misbehaving *nix process?
All of these were table stakes at some point in time. The key is not to understand all layers perfectly. The key is to know when to stop adding layers.
who, today, can write or optimize assembly by hand? How about understand the OS internals? How about write a compiler? How about write a library for their fav language? How about actually troubleshoot a misbehaving *nix process?
All of these were table stakes at some point in time. The key is not to understand all layers perfectly. The key is to know when to stop adding layers.