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Akbar Taufiq Herlangga
March 11, 2016
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The Simplicity Cycle
Akbar Taufiq Herlangga
March 11, 2016
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Transcript
THE SIMPLICITY CYCLE
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TEXT BACKGROUND ▸ I'm obsessed with simplicity ▸ I was
burned by complication ▸ Many times
TEXT MAP
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THE AXIS
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TEXT GOODNESS ▸ Everything that makes a system/product good ▸
What makes a good food? ▸ Tastiness ▸ Presentation ▸ etc
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TEXT GOODNESS ▸ Everything that makes a system/product good ▸
What makes a good food? ▸ Tastiness ▸ Presentation ▸ etc ▸ What makes a good software? ▸ Features ▸ Reliability ▸ Ease of use ▸ etc
COMPLEXITY
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TEXT COMPLEXITY ▸ Complex: consisting of a lot of interconnected
parts
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THE SIMPLISTIC REGION (AND THE COMPLEXITY SLOPE)
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THE COMPLEX REGION (AND TWO PATHS)
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TEXT ▸ We'll go to the upper path if we
keep our previous behaviour: adding, creating, and expanding. ▸ At this stage, new additions will actually weigh down the design.
THE COMPLICATED REGION
TEXT ▸ "Each piece we add introduces new opportunity for
breakage. Accumulate enough potential break points and one of them is bound to give away."
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THE SIMPLE REGION (AND THE SIMPLIFICATION SLOPE)
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TEXT ▸ "The idea is to prune and pare down
the design, reducing it to the essential components." ▸ This is ideal state! ▸ Unfortunately, it's not the finish line
THE CYCLE
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HOW TO APPLY THE MAP?
TEXT ON PROJECT
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TEXT ON PRODUCT EVOLUTION
TEXT ▸ Many more implementations inside the book
FURTHER DISCUSSION
TEXT SIMPLE VS EASY ▸ Simple != easy ▸ Simple
=> objective ▸ Easy == familiar => subjective
TEXT PROGRAMMING ▸ Programming, essentially, is just data transformation ▸
Conceptually simple ▸ Very *very* hard practically