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Simplicity is something lost in society. Most software complexity stems from that IMO.
by cle 4y ago
Simplicity is something lost in society. Most software complexity stems from that IMO.
- api 4y agoThat may be a factor, but I think a lot of it just comes from the tendency of sophomore engineers to want to use all the things in as many ways as possible. https://www.smart-jokes.org/programmer-evolution.html https://www.smart-jokes.org/programmer-evolution.html
- mwcampbell 4y agoI saw a version of that joke on a BBS in the 90s. I definitely remember the manager progression at the end. But the 90s version I saw also had a very over-engineered Windows version. I wish I remembered more about it than that.