simple is not small
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@notjack.space: UIs with too many buttons confuse and alarm me @sixfold-origami.com: ah, this is the unix thing! @notjack.space: no, because I want cross device sync to actually work Do we need simplicity? Recently, I gave a talk titled "Precise, consistent, and reliable code coverage". It's about a truly gnarly bug that took my company 9 months to debug. At the end, my friend Predrag asks: How would you recommend that we think about building tools such that these epic debugging stories aren't as necessary? and I answer him: We need to prioritize simplicity. If you go back to my…
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