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The monoculture of meritocracy

The monoculture of meritocracy

Posted Nov 14, 2012 14:35 UTC (Wed) by dgm (subscriber, #49227)
In reply to: The monoculture of meritocracy by quintesse
Parent article: Crowding out OpenBSD

I agree. The problem is that some think (or at least that's what they say) that abstraction is some kind of panacea that solves all problems, for free. Neither is true.


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The monoculture of meritocracy

Posted Nov 14, 2012 14:40 UTC (Wed) by quintesse (subscriber, #14569) [Link]

You get no beef from me on that point. In fact over-engineering can turn something relatively simple into this hugely complex monster. (I've probably been guilty of that myself a couple of times before learning to KISS)

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