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Indeed! The 'Complexity Horizon'. Any constructed system will tend to that horizon as it continues to be developed (particularly if by multiple people over sign
by somewhereoutth 4y ago
Indeed! The 'Complexity Horizon'. Any constructed system will tend to that horizon as it continues to be developed (particularly if by multiple people over significant timescales) - unless there is a concerted effort to pull it back.
- eastbound 4y agoI love the ‘complexity horizon’ of algorithms: If something can be made simple, then we’ll build more complex things until we can’t understand it. All algorithm are always right above the maximum complexity that a single human can handle. Actually I believe it’s another surprising emergent effect of open-source: Linux’s or Postgres’ complexity horizon seem to have been managed, so that adding new stuff didn’t increase complexity, and it’s still possible to add new stuff THIRTY years later. As opposed to Excel.