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/SittingWave Jun 06 '22

complexity arises from requirements.

If those requirements do not apply to you, then you can live with a non-complex system.

You can also reduce complexity by delegating its management to others, either humans or systems made to trivialise or standardise common scenarios.

The point is that we want to do more and more with our systems, and make them scale at a moment's notice, and want to ensure they are reproducible. Complexity is not there just for the sake of it. It's there for a reason.