What does the quote “An extra level of indirection solves every problem” mean? [closed]

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Generally it means that by increasing the level of abstraction one can make the problem easier to understand/resolve.

Be careful with your abstractions though, the full quote at least as I heard it is, “You can solve every problem with another level of indirection, except for the problem of too many levels of indirection”.

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