# SYCL 2023: How to Kill your API with Abstraction by Jonathan Marler

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**Created:** [August 8, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://ziggit.dev/t/sycl-2023-how-to-kill-your-api-with-abstraction-by-jonathan-marler/1411 "2023-08-08T16:42:35Z")\
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[![](https://ziggit.dev/uploads/default/original/1X/92a1f4ad69b748963d603c74124e5229d895e961.jpeg "How to Use Abstraction to Kill Your API - Jonathan Marler - Software You Can Love Vancouver 2023") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPWFLkHRIAQ)

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Did I get right that the main message of the talk is something like "do not use xlib, instead implement X protocol yourself "?