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al_borland ◴[] No.45068433[source]
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

As someone who has strived for this from early on, the problem the article overlooks is not knowing some of these various technologies everyone is talking about out, because I never felt I needed them. Am I missing something I need, but just ignorant, or is that just needless complexity that a lot of people fall for?

I don’t want to test these things out to learn them in actual projects, as I’d be adding needless complexity to systems for my own selfish ends of learning these things. I worked with someone who did this and it was a nightmare. However, without a real project, I find it’s hard to really learn something well and find the sharp edges.

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1. dondraper36 ◴[] No.45068909[source]
Such a familiar feeling. Articles similar to this one make lots of sense to and I do try to embrace simplicity and not optimize prematurely, but very often I have no idea whether it's the praised simplicity and pragmatism or just a lack of experience and skills.