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Re:Ask HN: Getting tired of complexity in web development by tejtm on Saturday October 08, 2022 @04:27PM (#33135701)
In scientific/academic environments (the only type I can speak of) I have sometimes wondered if my fellow computerists have complexity envy.

What we need to do is not that complicated but making it so distracts from understanding the harder problem at hand while appearing to be working furiously.

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Re:Ask HN: Getting tired of complexity in web development by bobthepanda on Saturday October 08, 2022 @04:44PM (#33135853)
This is basically the technical equivalent of bikeshedding, which has been known for a while. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality
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