2 years ago

"As I'm becoming a more experienced programmer, I tend to prefer simple solutions." As is the case with many programming-related quotes, this is somewhat of a blanket statement because who doesn't prefer simple solutions? To make it a powerful statement again, you'd have to explain what a simple solution is, and how you distinguish it from not-so-simple solutions. So the million-dollar question is "What is a simple solution?", and I'll answer it now.

For instance, we could consider simple solutions in programming to mean several things: Easy to use (e.g. a single method call, a single dependency, a single argument, etc).