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It's the hubris that gets me.
"Look at all this complexity! What purpose does it serve? Let us clear it all away and start fresh, and create a clean, fast replacement for all of this!"
Chesterton's coreutils.
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It's the hubris that gets me.
"Look at all this complexity! What purpose does it serve? Let us clear it all away and start fresh, and create a clean, fast replacement for all of this!"
Chesterton's coreutils.
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It's the hubris that gets me.
"Look at all this complexity! What purpose does it serve? Let us clear it all away and start fresh, and create a clean, fast replacement for all of this!"
Chesterton's coreutils.
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It's the hubris that gets me.
"Look at all this complexity! What purpose does it serve? Let us clear it all away and start fresh, and create a clean, fast replacement for all of this!"
Chesterton's coreutils.
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It's the hubris that gets me.
"Look at all this complexity! What purpose does it serve? Let us clear it all away and start fresh, and create a clean, fast replacement for all of this!"
Chesterton's coreutils.
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"Chesterton's Fence":
There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.”
— https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/
#ChestertonsFence #CoreUtils #Rewrite #UIDesign
P.S. Credit for introducing me to this term: https://chaos.social/@ChuckMcManis/116517200212865151
cc: @ChuckMcManis -
"Chesterton's Fence":
There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.”
— https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/
#ChestertonsFence #CoreUtils #Rewrite #UIDesign
P.S. Credit for introducing me to this term: https://chaos.social/@ChuckMcManis/116517200212865151
cc: @ChuckMcManis -
"Chesterton's Fence":
There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.”
— https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/
#ChestertonsFence #CoreUtils #Rewrite #UIDesign
P.S. Credit for introducing me to this term: https://chaos.social/@ChuckMcManis/116517200212865151
cc: @ChuckMcManis -
"Chesterton's Fence":
There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.”
— https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/
#ChestertonsFence #CoreUtils #Rewrite #UIDesign
P.S. Credit for introducing me to this term: https://chaos.social/@ChuckMcManis/116517200212865151
cc: @ChuckMcManis -
"Chesterton's Fence":
There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.”
— https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/
#ChestertonsFence #CoreUtils #Rewrite #UIDesign
P.S. Credit for introducing me to this term: https://chaos.social/@ChuckMcManis/116517200212865151
cc: @ChuckMcManis -
The choice of language isn't going to help much if the people writing the rusty replacements for decades-old tools don't bother to understand the security issues and attack surfaces that led to the design of those tools in the first place.
Similarly, Linux distributions shipping #screensaver implementations that are essentially nothing but a login-bypass mechanism that wastes CPU/GPU cycles.
#Rust #C #secure #design #tool #software #XScreenSaver #attack #Chesterton #ChestertonsFence #fence
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The choice of language isn't going to help much if the people writing the rusty replacements for decades-old tools don't bother to understand the security issues and attack surfaces that led to the design of those tools in the first place.
Similarly, Linux distributions shipping #screensaver implementations that are essentially nothing but a login-bypass mechanism that wastes CPU/GPU cycles.
#Rust #C #secure #design #tool #software #XScreenSaver #attack #Chesterton #ChestertonsFence #fence
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The choice of language isn't going to help much if the people writing the rusty replacements for decades-old tools don't bother to understand the security issues and attack surfaces that led to the design of those tools in the first place.
Similarly, Linux distributions shipping #screensaver implementations that are essentially nothing but a login-bypass mechanism that wastes CPU/GPU cycles.
#Rust #C #secure #design #tool #software #XScreenSaver #attack #Chesterton #ChestertonsFence #fence
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The choice of language isn't going to help much if the people writing the rusty replacements for decades-old tools don't bother to understand the security issues and attack surfaces that led to the design of those tools in the first place.
Similarly, Linux distributions shipping #screensaver implementations that are essentially nothing but a login-bypass mechanism that wastes CPU/GPU cycles.
#Rust #C #secure #design #tool #software #XScreenSaver #attack #Chesterton #ChestertonsFence #fence
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The choice of language isn't going to help much if the people writing the rusty replacements for decades-old tools don't bother to understand the security issues and attack surfaces that led to the design of those tools in the first place.
Similarly, Linux distributions shipping #screensaver implementations that are essentially nothing but a login-bypass mechanism that wastes CPU/GPU cycles.
#Rust #C #secure #design #tool #software #XScreenSaver #attack #Chesterton #ChestertonsFence #fence
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It is wonderful to learn from the well respected and experienced #HarshMariwala #Chairman #Marico
5 #laws for founders
1. #ParkinsonsLaw : Time is elastic. Discipline is your edge.
2. #ChestertonsFence : Innovate, yes; but understand what you’re changing.
3. #LawofDiminishingReturns : Don’t brute-force growth. Calibrate it
4. #ParetoPrinciple : Not everything matters equally. Focus sharply.
5. #OccamsRazor : Simple scales. Simple sells. Simple succeeds.Source : #HarshMariwala #LinkedIn
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Thanks for this.
While not as pithy as the article you posted, I found this one 3 or 4 years ago and have re-read it a few times.
It helps provide a bit perspective when I get into "burn it all down mode" on some of my projects. Or, conversely, when I see myself being curmudgeonly resistant to some new practice. YMMV
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@jamie As with anything in life, you might also just not have done a good job in understanding the why. Then it's sparkling reinvention syndrome. #chestertonsfence
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I read The Book of Trespass for my Green book group this week and it reminded me of a meme I made juxtaposing two quotes about boundaries. 🧵
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/book-of-trespass-9781526604729/
#ChestertonsFence #ProcessOptimization #PolicyChange #ProcessImprovement
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I read The Book of Trespass for my Green book group this week and it reminded me of a meme I made juxtaposing two quotes about boundaries. 🧵
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/book-of-trespass-9781526604729/
#ChestertonsFence #ProcessOptimization #PolicyChange #ProcessImprovement
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I read The Book of Trespass for my Green book group this week and it reminded me of a meme I made juxtaposing two quotes about boundaries. 🧵
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/book-of-trespass-9781526604729/
#ChestertonsFence #ProcessOptimization #PolicyChange #ProcessImprovement
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I read The Book of Trespass for my Green book group this week and it reminded me of a meme I made juxtaposing two quotes about boundaries. 🧵
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/book-of-trespass-9781526604729/
#ChestertonsFence #ProcessOptimization #PolicyChange #ProcessImprovement
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I read The Book of Trespass for my Green book group this week and it reminded me of a meme I made juxtaposing two quotes about boundaries. 🧵
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/book-of-trespass-9781526604729/
#ChestertonsFence #ProcessOptimization #PolicyChange #ProcessImprovement
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CW: Birdsite chaos
Elon, meet Chesterton’s Fence. https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/ #ChestertonsFence #DecisionMaking #Leadership #ElonMusk #TwitterTakeover Tweet by @mmasnick
