Abstraction is considered a virtue in software development. However, practice shows that wrong abstractions cause more harm than none at all.

The unified JavaScript runtime standard is an idea whose time has come. Here’s an inside look at the movement for server-side JavaScript interoperability.

In a perhaps more dramatic example, the governmental and civic business-as-usual atmosphere of the hulking County Administration Building on Anacapa Street also has long presented art exhibitions on ...

MA Curatorial Practice presents “Gestures Toward: Three Visions of Abstraction,” curated by student Sophia Maria Takvorian. Gestures Toward invites audience members to enter a portal of abstraction ...

It has been written about Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota, b. 1976) that she honors Lakota culture while expanding its expression through new art forms and innovations. Better stated, she honors ...

Lisa Corinne Davis, "Convulsive Calculation" (2025), oil on canvas (all images courtesy the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; image by JSP Art Photography) Five years ago, I reviewed ...

Lyrical Abstraction, a term coined by art critic Jean José Marchand in 1947, emerged in postwar Paris as a strain of total abstraction. The self-proclaimed inventor of this painting style was French ...

In a history of abstract painting dominated by macho, paint-splattered men, Louise Fishman (1939–2021) wanted to stand alone, turning away from the leading school of Abstract Expressionism to develop ...

Implementation and evaluation of multi-cancer early detection testing at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: A retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes and diagnostic pathways. Real-world analysis of ...

Sure, Mission Impossible — The Final Reckoning is a loud, blockbuster-y popcorn movie. But that doesn’t mean it’s empty. In fact, there’s a lot to talk about—if you know how to look. Abstraction, in ...

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been participating in discussions about the promise and limits of agentic AI, which is generally defined as a system that enables AI to make independent analyses ...