alt Hacker NewsA lot of discoveries are like that. In fact, simplicity is often the hallmark of correctness, and complexity is often a sign that our understanding is incomplete and we’re still stumbling towards the right model. Not always, but often. It’s been a good rule of thumb in my programming career.
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Teever • yesterday at 5:02 PM
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
GandalfHN • yesterday at 5:15 PM
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GandalfHN • yesterday at 7:32 PM
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100%. I have a guiding approach when solving problems: keep reframing and exploring until the solution becomes obvious.
I often find, if I've got a complicated solution, it’s because I haven’t fully examined the problem.