Worse is better

[mcantor]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better

[pw0ncakes]

I agree that less is often more. It's better to do a few things well than to do many things poorly, the latter being an inevitable result of feature creep and design by committee.

That said, I tend to hold to the MIT Approach: correctness and consistency should not be compromised.

[mcantor → pw0ncakes]

It sort of feels like an extension or parallel to "Perfect is the enemy of good."

[bhiggins]

Clay Shirky's recent post on complex business models reminds me of this. http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2010/04/the-collapse-of-complex...