--- title: "1 Simple Complicated Quotes By Rob Pike" description: "1 Simple Complicated quotes by Rob Pike. Plus more from Rob Pike and more Simple Complicated sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/rob-pike-28260_complexity_such-is-modern-computing-everything-simp_1282303.jpg" --- > [Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated because it's easy to fiddle with; everything complicated stays complicated because it's hard to fix.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/such-is-modern-computing-everything-simple-is-made-too-complicated/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/rob-pike-28260_complexity_such-is-modern-computing-everything-simp_1282303.jpg) ## More by Rob Pike > [Eventually, I decided that thinking was not getting me very far and it was time to try building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/eventually-i-decided-that-thinking-was-not-getting-me-very-far-and-it/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [Productivity is most important by engineering management rules, but enjoyment is most important for engineers. One stems from the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/productivity-is-most-important-by-engineering-management-rules-but/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [When there is no type hierarchy you don't have to manage the type hierarchy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/when-there-is-no-type-hierarchy-you-don-t-have-to-manage-the-type/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell really bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/not-only-is-unix-dead-it-s-starting-to-smell-really-bad/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [Procedure names should reflect what they do; function names should reflect what they return](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/procedure-names-should-reflect-what-they-do-function-names-should/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [Why would you have a language that is not theoretically exciting? Because it's very useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/why-would-you-have-a-language-that-is-not-theoretically-exciting/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [If POSIX threads are a good thing, perhaps I don't want to know what they're better than.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/if-posix-threads-are-a-good-thing-perhaps-i-don-t-want-to-know-what/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated because it's easy to fiddle with; everything complicated stays complicated because it's hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/such-is-modern-computing-everything-simple-is-made-too-complicated/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [Narrowness of experience leads to narrowness of imagination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/narrowness-of-experience-leads-to-narrowness-of-imagination/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [Rule 1. You can't tell where a program is going to spend its time. Bottlenecks occur in surprising places, so don't try to second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/rule-1-you-can-t-tell-where-a-program-is-going-to-spend-its-time/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [A smart terminal is not a smartass terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/a-smart-terminal-is-not-a-smartass-terminal-but-rather-a-terminal-you/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [Caches aren't architecture, they're just optimization.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/caches-aren-t-architecture-they-re-just-optimization/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [Languages that try to disallow idiocy become themselves idiotic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/languages-that-try-to-disallow-idiocy-become-themselves-idiotic/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [Using Unix is the computing equivalent of listening only to music by David Cassidy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/using-unix-is-the-computing-equivalent-of-listening-only-to-music-by/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) > [There's no such thing as a simple cache bug.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/there-s-no-such-thing-as-a-simple-cache-bug/) [Rob Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rob-pike/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/simple-complicated/rob-pike/#itemlist", "name": "1 Simple Complicated Quotes By Rob Pike", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated because it's easy to fiddle with; everything complicated stays complicated because it's hard to fix.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rob Pike" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rob-pike/such-is-modern-computing-everything-simple-is-made-too-complicated/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/rob-pike-28260_complexity_such-is-modern-computing-everything-simp_1282303.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/rob-pike-28260_complexity_such-is-modern-computing-everything-simp_1282303.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/rob-pike-28260_complexity_such-is-modern-computing-everything-simp_1282303.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated because it's easy to fiddle with…” — Rob Pike", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/simple-complicated/rob-pike/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/simple-complicated/rob-pike/", "name": "Simple Complicated Quotes by Rob Pike", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/simple-complicated/rob-pike/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/rob-pike-28260_complexity_such-is-modern-computing-everything-simp_1282303.jpg" }, "description": "1 Simple Complicated quotes by Rob Pike. 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