Hacker News with Generative AI: Complexity

C++, Complexity, and Compiler Bugs (azeemba.com)
I have worked on C++ for most of my professional career. Somehow, I have gotten more intimidated by the language the more I have learnt it. The language is very powerful but the power comes with a lot of emergent complexity that makes the language hard to contain. It feels like no individual even understands the full language. But individuals are supposed to read and write code in C++.

C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Complexity

24 points by fanf2 49 days ago | 7 comments

Postcards from the Peak of Complexity [video] (youtube.com)

Complexity, Video, Art, Design, Visuals

4 points by royjacobs 75 days ago | 0 comments

Tog's Paradox (votito.com)
Tog’s Paradox (also known as The Complexity Paradox or Tog’s Complexity Paradox) is an observation that products aiming to make a task more efficient tend to inspire new, more complex use cases.

Productivity, Software Development, Complexity, Paradox

260 points by adzicg 88 days ago | 100 comments

Daniel Lemire on the complexity of Java build tools (twitter.com)

Java, Build Tools, Complexity

7 points by cempaka 95 days ago | 2 comments

Complexity as Design Material (arxiv.org)
Complexity is often seen as a inherent negative in information design, with the job of the designer being to reduce or eliminate complexity, and with principles like Tufte's "data-ink ratio" or "chartjunk" to operationalize minimalism and simplicity in visualizations.

Information Design, Complexity, Data Visualization, Minimalism

5 points by PaulHoule 126 days ago | 0 comments

Handling complexity without abstraction: Algebraic Bricklaying C (github.com/gritzko)

Programming Languages, C, Software Design, Complexity

43 points by gritzko 137 days ago | 6 comments

Merchants of Complexity (world.hey.com)

Complexity, Business, Economics

4 points by tosh 143 days ago | 0 comments

Merchants of Complexity (world.hey.com)

Business, Complexity, Economics

3 points by thunderbong 144 days ago | 0 comments

Merchants of Complexity (world.hey.com)