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Simplicity Ain't Easy - Stuart Halloway

Stuart Halloway argues that simplicity is objective, with a definition and etymology useful to programmers, rather than a subjective buzzword. He shows how this view informs Clojure's design and how to make programs simpler.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it, alongside Rich Hickey's talk, for its precise definition of simple versus easy and its implications for code design.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
ClojureTV
Topic
software simplicity
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
5
HN mentions in dataset
8
Recommendation years in dataset
2013–2017

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From the original HN conversations

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  • Also see Stuart Halloway’s earlier talk, Simplicity Ain’t Easy . There’s a fair amount of overlap with Rich Hickey’s talk, but both are worth watching: [VIDEO] And also his talk Radical Simplicity : [LINK]

    jacobolus on Hacker News · 2013-04
    In Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

  • To get an even better explanation on what the word "simple" means and what it derives from, I would recommend "Simplicity Ain't Easy" by Stuart Halloway[1]. While it is very similar to "Simple made Easy", it focuses a lot more on the etymology of the …

    JeanPierre on Hacker News · 2013-07
    In Who Says C is Simple?

  • I'll add this to your links: [VIDEO] He talks about his definition of "simple" (by digging into what the original English definition was) and what that means for code.

    dkersten on Hacker News · 2014-05
    In I don't love the single responsibility principle

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