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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 15:26:47 JST nixCraft 🐧

   KISS principle for Software Engineering (or any other stuff in life) is the best. Do you agree?

   • Bob Thomson (bobthomson70@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 15:49:22 JST Bob Thomson

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     @nixCraft “The biggest skills shortage in IT is pragmatism”, me, every day since about 2010.

   • Julian Andres Klode 🏳️‍🌈 (juliank@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 15:52:58 JST Julian Andres Klode 🏳️‍🌈

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     @nixCraft me builds the tries into recursive switch statements

     https://github.com/julian-klode/triehash

   • Vikram Punathambekar (vpunt@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 17:55:06 JST Vikram Punathambekar

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     @nixCraft this is essentially the midwit meme!

   • Russell (zimzat@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 20:15:43 JST Russell

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     @nixCraft

     YAGNI, DRY-ish (repeating 2-3 times is Good; now there's data on how best to abstract it), SOLID, etc.

     Recently it's "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" or "slow is fast". https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/132146 Too often we cut corners in an effort to get something out the door while avoiding changing the things that cost us more.

     Lastly, it is _never_ too late to change a technical decision. It might take more planning and a longer timeframe to migrate, but it's worth doing.