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I am reminded by something I read by a person who studies complex systems. He said that every complex system that works well started with a simple system that w
by woodandsteel 10y ago
I am reminded by something I read by a person who studies complex systems. He said that every complex system that works well started with a simple system that worked well, and then gradually added new features over time.
- sa46 10y agoKnown as Gall's law. From Wikipedia: Gall's Law is a rule of thumb for systems design from Gall's book Systemantics: How Systems Really Work and How They Fail. It states: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system. – John Gall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_(author)#Gall.27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_(author)#Gall.27s_la...