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John Gall on system evolution

vutran | June 13, 2020, 8:02 a.m.

"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system."

– John Gall

Charlie Munger on reading book

vutran | June 13, 2020, 8:01 a.m.

"In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time – none, zero. You’d be amazed at how much Warren reads–and at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I’m a book with a couple of legs sticking out."

– Charlie Munger

Nikolay Ashanin on identifying stakeholders

vutran | June 11, 2020, 5:43 p.m.

"It is important to remember that if the architect does not propose the most optimal algorithm, this can lead to the project becoming more expensive with different consequences. If the architect fails to identify one of the key stakeholders, it may cost him his career."

— Nikolay Ashanin

Sara Sheridan on reading old letters and journals

vutran | June 10, 2020, 5:21 p.m.

“To me, reading through old letters and journals is like treasure hunting.”

— Sara Sheridan

Fred Brooks on the programmer power of building castle out of thin air

vutran | June 10, 2020, 5:21 p.m.

"The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination."

— Fred Brooks