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KISS has been a cherished principle for most of the past century and for good reason.
by lagadu 11y ago
KISS has been a cherished principle for most of the past century and for good reason.
- scholia 11y agoIndeed, the history of the development of very large software systems has been littered with disasters. Don't people read The Mythical Man-Month any more? http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959/ http://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineerin...
- ak39 11y agoApparently not. Communication between team members has a huge cost factor ... not only ito dollar/time but also ito the quality of the final product.
- d23 11y agoMaybe within a small bubble of people who understand. I thought the idea was self-evident, but after working with people whose instinctive response to every problem is to throw code at it, I can assure you it is not.