Principles of simplicity

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

Rob Pike says, “Simplicity is the art of hiding complexity.” If that’s true, what is simplicity in the context of writing software in Go? Is it even something we should strive for? Can software be too simple? Ian & Kris discuss with return guest sam boyer.

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Featuring:

• sam boyer – GitHub, X
• Ian Lopshire – GitHub, X
• Kris Brandow – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Rob Pike - Simplicity is Complicated
• The Infinite Game - Simon Sinek
• “Simple Made Easy” - Rich Hickey (2011)
• “You can’t get snakes from chicken eggs”

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1. Welcome to Go Time! (00:00:00)

2. sam boyer (00:00:44)

3. What is simplicity (00:01:16)

4. Easy and uncomplicated (00:11:54)

5. Pushing towards simplicity (00:13:19)

6. Sponsor: Changelog News (00:23:04)

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7. Go Files (00:24:17)

8. Rich Hickey (00:26:37)

9. Where to put the simplicity (00:33:51)

10. Simplicoty is in the disign (00:43:14)

11. Heuristics you can follow (00:53:49)

12. Pulling out the pin (00:55:58)

13. "You shoulda built a train!" (01:04:42)

14. Unpopular opinions! (01:07:12)

15. Kris' unpop (01:07:41)

16. Sam's unpop (01:14:14)

17. Sam's 2nd unpop (01:19:07)

18. Ian's unpop (01:21:04)

19. Outro (01:26:18)