> Anyone proclaiming simplicity just hasnt [sic] worked at scale
I've worked in startups and large tech organizations over decades and indeed, there are definitely some problems in those places that are hard.
That said, in my opinion, the majority of technical solutions were over engineered and mostly waste.
Much simpler, more reliable, more efficient solutions were available, but inappropriately dismissed.
My team was able to demonstrate this by producing a much simpler system, deploying it and delivering it to many millions of people, every day.
Chesterton's fence is great in some contexts, especially politics, but the vast majority of software is so poorly made, it rarely applies IMO.
