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"Never ascribe to conspiracy, that which is adequately explained by incompetence." Not that complexity means the programmer was "incompetent", per se, but not
by rossdavidh 5y ago
"Never ascribe to conspiracy, that which is adequately explained by incompetence."
Not that complexity means the programmer was "incompetent", per se, but not sufficiently competent to keep things simple, because as you point out, keeping things simple is really hard.
- pdfernhout 5y ago"Simple Made Easy" by Rich Hickey: https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy/ https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy/ "We should aim for simplicity because simplicity is a prerequisite for reliability. Simple is often erroneously mistaken for easy. "Easy" means "to be at hand", "to be approachable". "Simple" is the opposite of "complex" which means "being intertwined", "being tied together". Simple != easy. ..."