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Re:Why is modern web development so complicated? by Aeolun on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:49PM (#20641395)
> But sometimes, it does have to be complicated.

It almost never has to be complicated. People just enjoy making it so.

Looks at their inventory management system

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Re:Why is modern web development so complicated? by Nyandalized on Thursday August 08, 2019 @05:18AM (#20642952)
Everything has an absolute complexity. You can't get rid of it, just move it around.
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Re:Why is modern web development so complicated? by Aeolun on Thursday August 08, 2019 @08:01PM (#20650166)
True. But the absolute complexity of a certain procedure is often not nearly as complex as the workflow that is implemented for it.
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