I'm really not following that - can you clarify please?
I'm not sure which concepts your words refer to e.g. what is it in "how it all worked"? which models do you mean in "I don't build models until" (in the article, models are mental models, and it uses the term representations for their representation in code or notation.
Refers to building systems in general. How do you build a solution to a problem? This is a skill, and it is learned and taught.
> …don't build models…
Refers to mental modelling, correct. I don't do that until I have broken the problem down into mentally tangible pieces, and then – only to accommodate for the particular tool that I'll be using – i.e a programming language/famework/hardware of this kind or another.
I'm not sure which concepts your words refer to e.g. what is it in "how it all worked"? which models do you mean in "I don't build models until" (in the article, models are mental models, and it uses the term representations for their representation in code or notation.