# Frameworks are where we iterate on tomorrow's universal abstractions

DevFeed: [Frameworks are where we iterate on tomorrow's universal abstractions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/frameworks-are-where-we-iterate-on-tomorrow-s-universal-abstractions-28404.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://eaf4.com/frameworks-are-where-we-iterate-on-tomorrows-universal-abstractions/>)

Author: Edward Faulkner

Published: 2016-09-09T20:11:08Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Edward Faulkner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/edward-faulkner.md>)

Topics: [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>), [Ember](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ember.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem.md>), [ember](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ember.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frameworks.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that frameworks help programmers manage complexity by enabling communities to share and refine abstractions before they become broadly universal. It uses Ember's balance of stability and innovation, along with its ecosystem and upgrade practices, as an example.

## Source excerpt

The amount of complexity a single human programmer can handle is fundamentally limited. Until our brave cyborg future comes, even the best programmers can only hold so much in their minds at once. And the number of programmers that can productively work on a single project is limited by the