This strip first appeared in issue #270 of Linux Magazine.

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↓ Transcript
[Panel 1: James is talking on the phone. The phone screen indicates he's called Elvie]

James: I know you're a software developer…
…but you can't solve *every* problem just by adding another layer of abstraction

[Panel 2: Betty is on the other end of the phone, relaying the conversation to Elvie, who is looking extremely nonplussed]

Betty: Now he's saying something about abstraction layers…