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It occurred to me that it’s very rare for someone to come up with a fresh idea from nowhere, and that the mind’s “default setting” is to create “new” ideas by putting together easily-connectable preexisting ideas.
“Complexity is more apparent to readers than writers.”
― A Philosophy of Software Design
― A Philosophy of Software Design
“In some organizations, management treats tactical tornadoes as heroes. However, tactical tornadoes leave behind a wake of destruction. They are rarely considered heroes by the engineers who must work with their code in the future.”
― A Philosophy of Software Design
― A Philosophy of Software Design
“Lost. It makes it sound as if I misplaced my loved ones; perhaps I left them where they don’t belong and then turned away, too confused to retrace my steps.”
― The Nightingale
― The Nightingale
“If you can visualize a system, you can probably implement it in a computer program.”
― A Philosophy of Software Design
― A Philosophy of Software Design
“Unknown unknowns: The third symptom of complexity is that it is not obvious which pieces of code must be modified to complete a task, or what information a developer must have to carry out the task successfully.”
― A Philosophy of Software Design
― A Philosophy of Software Design
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Layla’s 2025 Year in Books
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