Code Simplicity

Simplicity Is Relative

January 16, 2008

Defining “simple” really depends on your target audience. What is simple to me might not be simple to my mother, or my friends. Also, when I create something, it’s always relatively “simple” to me, because I understand it inside and out. But to somebody who’s never seen it before, it might be very complicated. This is why in VCI I…

Designing Too Far Into The Future

January 14, 2008

There is only a certain amount of the future you can know. You can know with some certainty that you’ll be breathing in the next few minutes. You can know with some certainty that if you go out to your car and push the gas pedal, the car will probably go somewhere. The brighter somebody is, the better they can…

What’s Wrong With Computers

January 12, 2008

Note: This is a “classic” article from my old blog, but with some new revisions. This article was where I started with the idea of simplicity in computing, and I’ve been going on that idea ever since. Computers have created a major societal change. The reason is that you can do more work with fewer people. That’s really the entire…

Welcome to Code Simplicity!

January 12, 2008

Welcome to Code Simplicity! There are a lot of technical blogs in the world. There are a lot of technical people in the world. It’s a technical world. Unfortunately, it’s also becoming more and more a complex world. The focus of Code Simplicity is to discuss simplicity and simple things in the world of computers. I think the greatest application…