You could say this of absolutely anything. Let's use assembler then so we know what we're doing. Oh no, wait, let's write the 0s and the 1s ourselves so we understand what the processor is doing. Even better, let's just put some voltage on some transistors so we understand the flow of the electricity.
At some point you need to accept the underlying stuff just works and build on top of existing layers. That's what DHH calls "conceptual compression" I think, and that's also how science works. Building everything from scratch so that you understand it doesn't work, specially in a business context and usually ends up in worse home-made frameworks.
At some point you need to accept the underlying stuff just works and build on top of existing layers. That's what DHH calls "conceptual compression" I think, and that's also how science works. Building everything from scratch so that you understand it doesn't work, specially in a business context and usually ends up in worse home-made frameworks.