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Episode 520: John Ousterhout on A Philosophy of Software Design

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The One Principle to Rule Them All Is Complexity

Besis: The one principle to rule the a rule them all is complexity. That's what design is all about. We're trying to build systems that limit their complexity, he says. Besis: There isn't one thing ago back and change that we'll get rid of all that complexity. It you have to change hundreds or thousands of things. So then you just end up living with it forever.

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