Rich Hickey's talk on [[Simplicity]] rocks. Highly highly recommend for anyone who codes to watch and appreciate the whole thing and think about it when you code or do any system design. This note is from [this little section of the source](https://youtu.be/rI8tNMsozo0?t=644). > [!quote] > If you don't do (architecture) you're wasting an enormous amount of time. > ... > We tend to think of design as "making grand plans for how everything is gonna go." That is not actually what good design is about. Good design is about taking things apart. Most of what a good designer does is say "ugh, too much is going on in that, let's pull that into two separate things". > <cite> - Rich Hickey</cite> **** # More ## Source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI8tNMsozo0