Oren Eini

aka Ayende Rahien

Oren Eini

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Aug 31 2009

Ayende’s Razor
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This is a response to a comment on another post:

Oren, in all seriousness, I thought that problems that were "(a) complex, (b) hard to understand (c) hard to optimize" were the kinds that folks like you and I get paid to solve...

Given two solutions that match the requirements of the problem, the simpler one is the better.

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Phil
01 Sep 2009
04:45 AM
Phil

Variations on Occam's Razor pretty much drive every development and troubleshooting decision I make (within reason of course).

Morten Nielsen
01 Sep 2009
07:57 AM
Morten Nielsen

I whole heartilly agree!

MF
01 Sep 2009
08:28 AM
MF

you need to check your grammer :)

Sosh
01 Sep 2009
09:53 AM
Sosh

and MF, you need to check your spelling ;)

cowgaR
01 Sep 2009
11:34 AM
cowgaR

Given two solutions __that match the requirements of the problem, the simpler one is the better.

well, indeed :)

but with the 2nd one you look more cool ;p

Ayende Rahien
01 Sep 2009
11:44 AM
Ayende Rahien

thanks, fixed.

Fred
02 Sep 2009
13:55 PM
Fred

That's fun, that's a strange perception.

At least, it is not applicable for a software provider.

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