Ability Quote by Boris Beizer

Avoiding complexity reduces bugs.

— Linus Torvalds

The first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection.

— Bjarne Stroustrup

The most fundamental problem in software development is complexity. There is only one basic way of dealing with complexity: divide and conquer

— Bjarne Stroustrup

Complexity control is the central problem of writing software in the real world

— Eric S. Raymond

Complexity - limits competition.

— Seth Klarman

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.

— Brian Kernighan

Software is like entropy. It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the second law of thermodynamics; i.e. it always increases.

— Norman Ralph Augustine

A primary cause of complexity is that software vendors uncritically adopt almost any feature that users want.

— Niklaus Wirth

“complexity introduced the possibility of greater error and because no working tool needed greater errors.”

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

The complexity of software is an essential property, not an accidental one. Hence, descriptions of a software entity that abstract away its complexity often…

— Fred Brooks

“Digital computers are themselves more complex than most things people build; they have very large numbers of states. This makes conceiving, describing, and testing…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

“I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously…

— C.A.R. Hoare