> The author is 100% correct on everything. Programming is massively over-complicated for no useful reason.
I don't know of any developer that likes complexity for complexity sake for productive systems.
I know there are some esoteric programming languages or obfuscation techniques that make simple things more complex, but they a either meant as a challenge for fun or efforts to protect IP.
Do you have some examples where you have observed such design decisions?
I like to nominate frameworks for the complication category. People say they don't want to reinvent the wheel, but what they really mean is that they want to have the training wheel on.
I don't know of any developer that likes complexity for complexity sake for productive systems.
I know there are some esoteric programming languages or obfuscation techniques that make simple things more complex, but they a either meant as a challenge for fun or efforts to protect IP.
Do you have some examples where you have observed such design decisions?