Re:Ask HN: How to avoid over-engineering software design for...
by kqr on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @03:54PM
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> maintainability and extensibility (I think these are part of what it means for a system to be reliable).
Frequently forgotten is the duality of extensibility: subsettability, or contraction. Being able to remove or disable code without rewriting large parts of the application is just as important as being able to extend it!
Frequently forgotten is the duality of extensibility: subsettability, or contraction. Being able to remove or disable code without rewriting large parts of the application is just as important as being able to extend it!