korrents

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Adding rules and complexity to a system drains it of humanity and fun.

Drawn from what Steve Coast said

What these subjects mean

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

simplicity Less, but better: reduction as the way to make something good, and the argument about when it goes too far.

What Steve Coast actually said

  1. Steve Coast Founder of OpenStreetMap
    With each rule and added complexity you make the system less human and less fun. You make it a Computer Scientists rube goldberg machine while sterilizing it of all the joy of life.

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