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Selected writing and notes exported from the private knowledge vault.
- Conway's law
A quote attributed to Melvin E. Conway.
- Duplication is far cheaper than the wrong abstraction
- Quality is a prerequisite for speed
- All complex systems that work evolved from simpler systems that worked (Gall’s Law)
- Low Coupling + High Cohesion
- Accidental vs Essential Complexity
- Code is a liability, not an asset
- Team topologies: Stream-aligned vs Platform vs Enabler vs Complex Subsystem
- Make the change easy (warning: this may be hard), then make the easy change
- Simple ≠ Easy | Easy can hide Complexity
- Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability