I Regret my $46k Website Redesign · mtlynch.io

This was posted on Hacker News a week or so ago, but I’ve actually read the entire article. Worth re-sharing 😅 Amazing to me how a simple project can spiral out of control 🤦‍♂️

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At first I hoped that such a technically unsound project would collapse but I soon realized it was doomed to success. Almost anything in software can be implemented, sold, and even used given enough determination. There is nothing a mere scientist can say that will stand against the flood of a hundred million dollars. But there is one quality that cannot be purchased in this way -and that is reliability. The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity. It is a price which the very rich find most hard to pay. — C.A.R. Hoare