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Nah, there's a property of elegance that appears similar in mechanical engineering, typography, maths, poetry and a bunch of other places. I don't know exactly
by flir 7y ago
Nah, there's a property of elegance that appears similar in mechanical engineering, typography, maths, poetry and a bunch of other places. I don't know exactly what it is, but I think it maps closely to "the minimum number of moving parts necessary to complete the task"
- Proziam 7y agoSomewhat similar, I always thought of elegance as the minimum complexity required. However, truly elegant solutions are sometimes counter-intuitive or 'hidden' beneath a few layers of detail, but once understood feel "obvious." That "oh man that's smooth" feeling is often the first step for me to think of something as elegant, and separates 'good solutions' from truly elegant ones.