u/essayelynchin r/scala • Recommends
On “Simple Isn't Easy”
While perhaps not scala-specific, an ex-professor of mine has a talk on exactly this.
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The Art Of Simplicity by Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
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- Recommended by 2 people: 2 in engineering communities.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2015 to 2026.
- Presented by Dr. Venkat Subramaniam
Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
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Software designTools and practiceSimplicity and complexityDesign patternsSoftware architecture
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam explores the challenges of keeping software designs simple and how to recognize and achieve simplicity in code.
We've been told to keep things simple. It turns out, that's easily said than done. Creating something simple is, well, not really that simple. If simple was sitting next to us, would we even recognize it? Is my design simple, is yours simple? How can we tell? That's a simple question, but the answer to it is... well come to this talk to find out.Why it's here
2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended for understanding how to reduce cognitive load and maintain simplicity in software design.
u/raydenvmin r/dotnet • Recommends
On “A simple C# IEnumerable<T> extension that checks if the items count is equal to a given value while avoiding to iterate through each element when possible.”
Junior or not. Cognitive load is high here for anybody. It cultivates mistakes, fatigue, and even worsens relationships beween engineers (due to their ego).
Watching Venkat's talk on the Art of Simplicity would probably be the best if you want to get what I mean:
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