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Voices on software design: Peter Naur
Paper review: Peter Naur • Programming as Theory Building (1985)
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Voices on software design: Melvin E. Conway
Paper review: Melvin E. Conway • How Do Committees Invent? (1968)
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Discussing: Familiarity (On simplicity #3)
You’re invited to the next online discussion about simplicity on Thursday, 11th April 2024.
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March 2024

Reading for perspective
TL;DR: You’re reading it wrong.
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Discussing: Meaning-ful design (On simplicity #2)
You’re invited to the second online discussion about simplicity.
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On feeling lost
Some early observations from the first online discussion about simplicity. Before we can find meaning, do we first have to feel lost?
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Discussing “On simplicity…”
You’re invited…
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On Simplicity #8 • Identity
Good software helps us do things more conveniently and efficiently. Great software helps us do things we couldn’t do before and become people we…
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February 2024

On simplicity #7 • Unfolding complexity
Something truly simple and beautiful requires a strong identity. To create that, we need to become tangled up in our creation as we evolve with it…
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On simplicity #6 • Reducing complexity
Complicating things is easy. Complexifying things is beautiful.
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January 2024

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