Benjamin Smith

I was just sitting here, looking at some code that I had previously stared at for hours trying to dig out a solution from a nasty mess. It’s relatively old code (> 2 years) that I’ve not dove into for some time, but I felt it necessary to hunt this bug.

As I’m pulling my hair out and repeatedly yelling “Had I wrote this..” in my head, I drifted away for a moment and remembered an old saying I used to tell myself when going off on a wild idea. K.I.S.S.- Keep It Simple Stupid!.

This also applies to system architecture! Why complicate things! There is usually a linear, yet secure, scalable and robust way to do something, hunt it out! Never, never, never setting on your first idea, and never, never, never settle on anything without some sort of peer review. If you work in an environment with smart people, use them!

Ok, done ranting :D Thanks for listening!