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If you remove everything that doesn't break the widget then everything left is functional. Pursing minimalism equals pursuing function. Therefore engineering eq
by hirundo 8y ago
If you remove everything that doesn't break the widget then everything left is functional. Pursing minimalism equals pursuing function. Therefore engineering equals applying minimalism to technology.
- nine_k 8y agoThat "doesn't break" needs an "under which conditions" clause. A lot of complexity arises from having to handle the imperfections of the environment. But I agree with the general idea. Good design usually arises after a worse, messy and more complex early design is produced, analyzed and simplified away, often radically. Coming to simplicity by a shorter route is very rare.
- chrisweekly 8y agoYes. "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - St Aubrey(?)
- nine_k 8y agoAntoine de St Exupery; quoted in the article :)