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The cheapest way to deal with complexity is not to invent something to manage it but to avoid it with a cleverer plan.

Drawn from what Frank Chimero said

Subjectsimplicity

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

On the topicWhat makes a design good?under our view: Good design is less: reduce to the essentials and leave nothing arbitrary

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What Frank Chimero actually said

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  1. Frank Chimero

    Designer and writer in New York

    So, I thought it would be useful to remind everyone that the easiest and cheapest strategy for dealing with complexity is not to invent something to manage it, but to avoid the complexity altogether with a more clever plan.

    Where this was said

    ↗Everything Easy is Hard Againfrankchimero.com

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