> [!tldr] It takes longer to keep messages (& code) short The quote below is often attributed to Mark Twain but it's actually from the namesake of the unit of pressure: Blaise Pascal. One thing that I have learned through painful experience is that it applies, doubly when it comes to code. > [!quote] > I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time. _- Blaise Pascal_ I have learned through multiple successive refactors of the [[PDW]] that it takes time to write less code. My codebase goes through pretty significant expansion and contraction cycles. I suspect the case is true for modeling, too. **Yes, but...** it's worth it. Usually. [[Concise Statements are Powerful]]. Building them into concise messages is equally powerful. [[Smart Brevity (Book)]] is about that. **** # More ## Source - Google, for the quoter ## Related - [[Simplicity]] - [[Distillation]] - [[Simple is Maintainable]]