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1. Hugo Estrada (hugoestr@functional.cafe)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 03:32:38 UTC Hugo Estrada

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   @vertigo @Mek101 @juliobiason I see this a lot. Today, thanks to tech influencers, we have overly complicated systems. Complexity is chosen over simplicity as a flex. Then they call their Rube Goldberg machines "best practices."

   The double influence math and of limited resources led to the creation of beautiful, simple systems from the 1950s to the 90s. Powerful machines and the weaker influence of math give us our modern fad driven development.

   • Mek101 (mek101@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 03:32:36 UTC Mek101

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     @hugoestr @jollyrogue @vertigo @juliobiason Was it though?What about accessibility for daltonic or blind users? Localization? Scaling? HiDPI? Mobile interfaces? Just to name a few

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   • Mek101 (mek101@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 03:32:37 UTC Mek101

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     @jollyrogue @hugoestr @vertigo @juliobiason Are you seriously telling me DOS and command line stuff was more usable for a normal person than what we have now?
     Really?

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   • Hugo Estrada (hugoestr@functional.cafe)'s status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 03:32:37 UTC Hugo Estrada

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     @Mek101 @jollyrogue @vertigo @juliobiason

     The usability problem was solved with GUIs, back in the 80s.

     I have seen complexity increase in software development in the last 10 years. People who used Delphi or similar tools told me 10 years ago how we were making things more complicated back then.

     So much that it can be a business advantage if a business adopts tools that encourage simplicity in code and architecture.

   • jollyrogue@bsd.network's status on Monday, 14-Mar-2022 03:32:38 UTC jollyrogue

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     @hugoestr @vertigo @Mek101 @juliobiason Also, many of the people pre-1980 were something else, architect, chemist, biologist, etc., so they were designing software normal people could use.

     Versus today, capitalists or technologists are making decisions and prioritizing money or complexity.