#simplicity (8 links)
- Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity terriblesoftware.org
I think there’s something quietly screwing up a lot of engineering teams. In interviews, in promotion packets, in design reviews: the engineer who overbuilds gets a compelling narrative, but the one who ships the simplest thing that works gets… nothing.
- The radical simplicity of GOV.UK’s logo public.digital
With a single logo, all that has to be done when departments change is an edit to the html of the relevant section of GOV.UK. This change is so mundane it attracts no scrutiny, even in the most turbulent political contexts. No drama, just a simple code change, as it should be.
- Russell Davies: clarity as a business model russelldavies.typepad.com
- Simplicity bastianallgeier.com
<blockquote>The longer I look at boilerplates, build tools, frameworks and ways to make my life as a developer easier, the more I long for the basics.</blockquote>
Half agree. Choose wisely.
- Features are a one-way street - (37signals) 37signals.com
Once your user base has grown beyond a certain point, you cannot take features away from them. They will freak out. Whether the feature is good or bad, once you launch it you’ve married it.
The more engaged users are, the more features an application can sustain. But most users have low commitment -- especially to websites, which must focus on simplicity, rather than features.