Re:The Myth of Developer Obsolescence
by robocat on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @05:04PM
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> accidental complexity
Haven't we found a better term for that yet?
It is intentional, designed complexity...
There's no accident about it: engineers or management chose it.
Recent discussion on accidental versus essential (kicked off by a flagged article): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44090302 (choosing good dichotomies is difficult, since there's always exceptions to both categories)
Haven't we found a better term for that yet?
It is intentional, designed complexity...
There's no accident about it: engineers or management chose it.
Recent discussion on accidental versus essential (kicked off by a flagged article): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44090302 (choosing good dichotomies is difficult, since there's always exceptions to both categories)