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A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion to unnecessary complexity. There, fixed that for you. 'Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler
by MaysonL 15y ago
A good developer has a natural, almost visceral aversion to unnecessary complexity.
There, fixed that for you.
'Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler' (Einstein, as quoted by Niklaus Wirth.
- jfoutz 15y agoquoth the article: "It’s only by diligently trying to avoid all complexity that one can in fact avoid unnecessary complexity." Amusingly you seem to support the author's argument that running around making changes when you don't really understand whats going on leads to lower quality code.
- quackingduck 15y agoWell played sir
- sigpwned 15y agoAuthor here. I actually use that exact Einstein quotation in the article, attributed to the big man himself. One of my favorites.