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Complexity Quote by Rob Pike

“Such is modern computing: everything simple is made too complicated…” quote by Rob Pike — Download Open image

“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.”

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