This one struck me for its tongue-in-cheek levity, credit to haroldgibbons: My "aha" moment was realizing most of my ideas and most apps out there are complete

This one struck me for its tongue-in-cheek levity, credit to haroldgibbons: My "aha" moment was realizing most of my ideas and most apps out there are complete garbage. Not needed. Damaging, even. 99.9% of all of it. For example, most "cutting edge" web apps are better off as PHP monoliths. Facebook was a PHP file for a long time. But most apps in general should never make it past being shell scripts, which are better off staying as spreadsheets or better - text files which are better off as pieces of paper whenever possible. And all paper is better off left as thoughts whenever possible, and most thoughts should be forsaken. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24397272 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24397272