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This idea came to me as a tweet, but was way too long for a tweet. No it wasn't... "A lot of small things tied together intelligently is often better than one

by edw519 17y ago

This idea came to me as a tweet, but was way too long for a tweet. No it wasn't... "A lot of small things tied together intelligently is often better than one big thing."

owinebarger 17y ago
That idea has a name, and it is "Unix". qmail remains my favorite example of this philosophy put into practice.
- notaddicted 17y ago
  Would you recommend the qmail source as good learning material? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=879101 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=879101