The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work
January 14, 2025 • #Start simple > get it working > iterate > advance
Start simple > get it working > iterate > advance
Simplicity is the hallmark of truth β we should know better, but complexity continues to have a morbid attraction. When you give for an academic audience a lecture that is crystal clear from alpha to omega, your audience feels cheated and leaves the lecture hall commenting to each other: βThat was rather trivial, wasnβt it.β The sore truth is that complexity sells better.
βEdsger Djikstra
My latest post on Res Extensa:
Passing over the hill of complexity.
Make sure your 'simple' solution has first worked through the complex details.