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Reminds me of this quote... “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from sc
by draygonia 7mo ago
Reminds me of this quote... “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.”
- dang 7mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_(author)#Gall's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_(author)#Gall's_law The book is well worth reading. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9948767 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9948767
- andyjohnson0 7mo agoSeconded. Someone once described Systemantics as the book that systwm designers read under the covers at night with a torch.
- dang 7mo agoor should do!
- ontouchstart 7mo agoReading it now on Kindle Scribe without the help of AI ;-). When I am done, I might simply replace SOUL.md with it and move on.
- toomuchtodo 7mo agohttps://openlibrary.org/books/OL4904457M/Systemantics https://openlibrary.org/books/OL4904457M/Systemantics (Systemantics is available for borrowing, Systems Bible is not yet, a copy has been sent for digitizing)