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Great post. It's a trap I tend fall into myself far to often. And it's the same direction as DHH's famous rant about winning in Vegas. It's a virtue too rarely
by DoubleMalt 14y ago
Great post. It's a trap I tend fall into myself far to often. And it's the same direction as DHH's famous rant about winning in Vegas.
It's a virtue too rarely seen, that you should try to solve a problem with the minimal set of code possible.
Everything should be as simple as possible., but not simpler. (Sometimes attributed to Albert Einstein, even if he probably never uttered the exact words)
- GFischer 14y agoThanks, I had to look up that article, and it's definitely a good one: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3384-winning-is-the-worst-thing-that-can-happen-in-vegas http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3384-winning-is-the-worst-thi... Edit: discussion on Hacker News https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5002454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5002454