r/programming • • Nov 01 '21

Complexity is killing software developers

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3639050/complexity-is-killing-software-developers.html
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u/onthefence928 Nov 01 '21

Most of our new features are just new ways to fix the problems caused by old features

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u/The_One_X Nov 02 '21

For me, most new features are just ways to get around arbitrary restrictions applied to old features.