471 sats \ 1 reply \ @sebastix 7 Jan
DHH is posting a lot lately!
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I don't agree with DHH on many things but I appreciate his willingness to speak his mind and the fact that he has skin in the game.
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But programmers are attracted to complexity like moths to a flame. The more convoluted the systems diagram, the greater the intellectual masturbation. Our commitment to resisting that is the key ingredient in this uptime success.
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This statement on programmers rings true in my experience. I am aware of the tendency to prefer novelty and complexity over tried and true simplicity.
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