Every special case

There is a natural tendency toward complexity.

What starts simple, over time, twists into convoluted shapes.

As everyone has their say and every thing makes its influence known, as every special case gets coded into the general environment, all the little accommodations are woven in, every permutation considered, every percolation given room to breathe … and the thing … just wriggles and writhes.

Next time you turn around you’re standing in spaghetti – every strand going from some place to another place, each carefully holding its position. Perfect, and confusing.

It’s an act of will to break through the complexity.

To question, not the reason behind every previous decision (because honestly, who cares?), but whether that reason and that decision is still valid.

To cut out redundant arguments and wrestle complications to the corners – and allow ourselves to get back to making progress.

Skippy strategy: Remove complexity until the path become obvious again.

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