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Two is Too Many

by Max Kanat-Alexander
December 21, 2015

There is a key rule that I personally operate by when I’m doing incremental development and design, which I call “two is

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Users Have Problems, Developers Have Solutions

by Max Kanat-Alexander
January 16, 2013

In the world of software, it is the job of software developers to solve the problems of users. Users present a problem,

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Code Simplicity, Second Revision

by Max Kanat-Alexander
August 22, 2012

In June, I released a second revision of Code Simplicity. Some of you probably already know, but I thought that I should

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Clues to Complexity

by Max Kanat-Alexander
November 17, 2011

Here are some clues that tell you that your code may be too complex:

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“Consistency” Does Not Mean “Uniformity”

by Max Kanat-Alexander
May 14, 2009

In a user interface, similar things should look the same. But different things should look different. Why do over 75% of Facebook’s

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November 27, 2023

Data tells you about the past and the present. To understand what’s going to happen in the future, you have to rely on principles.

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November 15, 2023

Episode 28 of Building With People For People is live!! Thank you to @mkanat from LinkedIn for joining me to discuss his journey into tech, his love for music, and how his team thinks about developer productivity.

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October 18, 2023

I still post here sometimes, but I tend to post more on LinkedIn, nowadays:

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October 17, 2023

One simple way to improve the readability of code:

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October 14, 2023

Author of "Code Simplicity" and "Understanding Software,” LinkedIn's Max Kanat-Alexander talks about where platform engineering teams go wrong. #PlatformEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment @mkanat

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