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Comment by smitty1e

Great article.

Recalls Gall's Law[1]. "A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked."

Also, TFA invites a question: if handed a big ball of mud, is it riskier to start from scratch and go for something more triumphant, or try to evolve the mud gradually?

I favor the former, but am quite often wrong.

[1] https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gall

parent smitty1e 6 years ago

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