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> Rich Hickey has this thing where he talks about "simple versus easy". Both of them sound good but for him, only "simple" is good whereas "easy" is bad. I don
by nordsieck 9y ago
> Rich Hickey has this thing where he talks about "simple versus easy". Both of them sound good but for him, only "simple" is good whereas "easy" is bad.
I don't think I've ever heard anyone mischaracterize his talk [1] this badly.
The claim is actually that simplicity is a fundamental property of software, whereas ease of use is often dominated by the familiarity a user has with a particular set of tools.
[1] https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy
- spiralganglion 9y agoAgreed, but I have see a lot of people come away from the talk with an unfortunate disdain for ease. Ironically, in disentangling "simple" and "easy", Rich created a lot of confusion about the value of ease.