What Steve Coast thinks about simplicity

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Founder of OpenStreetMap, the collaborative map of the world; later worked on mapping at Microsoft and Telenav.

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1 dated position, 2022, in their own words. Our reading of what Steve Coast has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 6 Jun 2022

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

   Their wordsWith 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.

   ↗In Defense of OpenStreetMap's Data Modelstevecoast.com 2nd of 2 in this piece