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Rich Hickey describes simple as unbraided, like a class is identity, state and schema all braided together And easy as close by and accessible i.e. npm i lates
by slifin 7y ago
Rich Hickey describes simple as unbraided, like a class is identity, state and schema all braided together
And easy as close by and accessible i.e. npm i latest-framework might be easy but not simple
https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy/ https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy/
- setr 7y agoisn't the same idea exactly covered by the term "(de)coupled"?
- modwest 7y agoIt can include decoupling, but no it's not synonymous.
- modwest 7y agoThis presentation had an outsize influence on my professional development as a programmer. If I've watched it once (and I have), I've watched it a dozen times. edit: The "Limits" slide (go to 12:30 in the vid) is one that I really internalized early on. And looking at it again years later, the principles from that slide absolutely guide my app development: - We can only hope to make reliable those things we can understand - We can only consider a few things at a time - Intertwined things must be considered together - Complexity undermines understanding