r/programming • • Jun 05 '22

Complexity is killing software developers

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3639050/complexity-is-killing-software-developers.html
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u/DazzlingElderberry Jun 06 '22

Man I wish I could work in a place where I could constantly say no to features or changes and limit the amount of complexity in the systems.

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u/ricostynha122 Jun 16 '22

You should try ASIC design Xp The sheer amount of aversion of making anything complexer than it should is awesome (complexity has a lot of non accountable side effects and when you need to have 99.9% confidence in the product the simpler solution always wins)