overengineering

The Fourth Law of Software Design: Complexity vs. Ease of Maintenance

March 10, 2008

Okay, so if we never change our software, we can entirely avoid defects. But change is inevitable! Particularly if we’re going to add new features. And after all, one of our goals…

The Third Law of Software Design

March 7, 2008

by Max Kanat-Alexander

So now we know that there is more future time than present time and that software will change as time goes on. Our next law is, once again, axiomatic, and needs no…

What Is Overengineering?

January 29, 2008

by Max Kanat-Alexander

Software developers throw around this word, “overengineering,” quite a bit. “That code was overengineered.” “This is an overengineered solution.” Strangely enough, though, it’s hard to find an actual definition for the word…

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