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No one actually wants simplicity
How do you know something is as simple as it can be? Think of computer code. Code can sometimes be excessively complex. In trying to simplify it, we would still have to make sure it can perform the functions we need it to. This is one way to understand simplicity. An explanation can be simplified only to the extent that it can still provide an accu
... See moreRhiannon Beaubien • The Great Mental Models Volume 1: General Thinking Concepts
The complexity that we despise is the complexity that leads to difficulty. It isn't the complexity that raises problems. There is a lot of complexity in the world. The world is complex. That complexity is beautiful. I love trying to understand how things work. But that's because there's something to be learned from mastering that complexity.
artima.com • Artima - The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work
our pretension tends to go in one direction only: away from simplicity and towards complexity.
The School of Life • A Simpler Life: A guide to greater serenity, ease and clarity
There’s a strong argument for cutting features, rather than piling them on.
Giles Colborne • Simple and Usable Web, Mobile, and Interaction Design
The most natural implementation of any feature request is additive, attempting to leave all other elements of the design in place and simply inserting one new component: a new button in a UI or a new parameter to a function. As this process is repeated, the simplicity of a system is lost and complexity takes its place. This pattern is often particu... See more