Living with Complexity, by Donald A. Norman

Second-system effect

“Tendency of small, elegant, and successful systems, to be succeeded by over-engineered, bloated systems”

SpaceX's 5-Step design and manufacturing process

“1. Make requirement less dumb; 2. Try to delete parts; 3. Simplify or optimize; 4. Accelerate cycle time; 5. Automate”. See full transcript

The Efficiency-Destroying Magic of Tidying Up

“Efficiency tends to look messy, and good looks tend to be inefficient.” A reminder that sometimes we should just accept the messiness of the world

I try to optimize my code around reducing state, coupling, complexity and code, in that order

An engineer's perspective on which priorities should be addressed first to increase robustness of systems