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I agree, and to add on to that sometimes there's irreducible complexity to a problem, requiring complex code. But never complicated code: crufty fixes upon fix

I agree, and to add on to that sometimes there's irreducible complexity to a problem, requiring complex code. But never complicated code: crufty fixes upon fixes, too many layers of indirection, templates templating templates; you won't need that to solve complex problems.

RangerScience 3y ago
“Three” seems to be a good number, that shows up a lot. Arithmetic is functions with “3” cardinality (operator, data, data). Three levels seems good: a solid foundation of high-quality library code; working application code on top of that; dirty workarounds on top of that. As you say, the problem comes when you stack workarounds on top of workarounds.