> Even the simplest business problem may take a year to solve, and constantly break due to the astounding number of edge cases and scale.
You're doing it wrong. More likely than not.
> Anyone proclaiming simplicity just hasnt worked at scale. Even rewrites that have a decade old code base to be inspired from, often fail due to the sheer amount of things to consider.
Or, you're just used to excusing complexity because your environment rewards complexity and "big things".
Simple is not necessarily easy. Actually simple can be way harder to think of and push for, because people are so used to complexity.
Yes. Massive scale and operations may make things harder but seeking simplicity is still the right choice and "working in big tech" is not a particular hard or rare credential in HN. Try an actual argument instead of an appeal to self authority.
You're doing it wrong. More likely than not.
> Anyone proclaiming simplicity just hasnt worked at scale. Even rewrites that have a decade old code base to be inspired from, often fail due to the sheer amount of things to consider.
Or, you're just used to excusing complexity because your environment rewards complexity and "big things".
Simple is not necessarily easy. Actually simple can be way harder to think of and push for, because people are so used to complexity.
Yes. Massive scale and operations may make things harder but seeking simplicity is still the right choice and "working in big tech" is not a particular hard or rare credential in HN. Try an actual argument instead of an appeal to self authority.