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this is amazing! I really appreciate how clear and step-by-step the thinking is. i come away feeling like i've gained a specific tool I can use rather than a vague notion or dogma

‘In this post I'll use "coupled" as a synonym for "complex" to avoid ambiguity.’ i do not think that works that way! but i will keep reading. just. those are different things. synonymizing them muddies the waters and actually complects a point about simplicity itself.

ok done now and i think the disclaimer ends up being just wrong actually? i do not see any instance of synonymous use. so i guess that nit doesn’t matter a ton. i think it points a really good direction tho, just in a way that my brain can’t really wrap around. i need formalisms!!!

but as for the relation to the wibbib stuff!!! ya i think cumulative culture can actually pull against simple software fundamentally, insomuch as we don’t have time as an industry to help all practictioners reach higher levels of reasoning around this stuff. i mean, not fundamentally, but in effect