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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)
Apr 12
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Discussing: Familiarity (On simplicity #3)
You’re invited to the next online discussion about simplicity on Thursday, 11th April 2024.
Apr 5
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March 2024
Reading for perspective
TL;DR: You’re reading it wrong.
Mar 29
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Discussing: Meaning-ful design (On simplicity #2)
You’re invited to the second online discussion about simplicity.
Mar 22
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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?
Mar 15
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Discussing “On simplicity…”
You’re invited…
Mar 8
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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…
Mar 1
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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…
Feb 16
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On simplicity #6 • Reducing complexity
Complicating things is easy. Complexifying things is beautiful.
Feb 2
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January 2024
On Simplicity #5 • Hiding complexity
We figured out a way to scale software development to create ever more utility and power. Unfortunately, this also seems to always create a lot of…
Jan 19
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On simplicity #4 • Reciprocal realization
Design is a process of reciprocal realization. If we want to arrive at something simple, we need to participate in this fundamental process of mutual…
Jan 5
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