Weekly Reflection #27 - Delete, Delete, Delete

Each week, I share one insight. One piece of wisdom. One question to reflect on. (and a little Lagniappe)

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Insight

A great design is easily hidden by unnecessary features. Design a working system and then: delete, delete, delete.

An underrated use of LLMs: instead of cranking out 700 words of slop, ask them what to cut.

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Wisdom

Good design is as little design as possible.

Dieter Rams, Ten Principles for Good Design

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Reflection

What feature are you defending that should be deleted?

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Lagniappe

• This week on Book Overflow: Learning Domain-Driven Design by Vlad Khononov - Part 2.
• I enjoyed reading The Reckoning the Tech Industry Had Coming. Again., shared with me by a listener on our Book Overflow Discord.
• As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Reply and let me know what resonates.