Reminds me of this quote... “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.”

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dang a day ago | parent [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_(author)#Gall's_law

The book is well worth reading.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9948767

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andyjohnson0 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Seconded.

Someone once described Systemantics as the book that systwm designers read under the covers at night with a torch.

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dang 20 hours ago | parent [-]

or should do!

	▲	ontouchstart 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Reading it now on Kindle Scribe without the help of AI ;-). When I am done, I might simply replace SOUL.md with it and move on.

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toomuchtodo 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

https://openlibrary.org/books/OL4904457M/Systemantics

(Systemantics is available for borrowing, Systems Bible is not yet, a copy has been sent for digitizing)