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I may have shared this before on a different submission: John Gall’s books are really good on this topic: General Systemantics [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sy
by feyman_r 24d ago
I may have shared this before on a different submission: John Gall’s books are really good on this topic: General Systemantics [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemantics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemantics]
- littlecranky67 24d agoGall's law is amongst my favorite ones and with decades of experience in software development, I have to say it holds absolutely true: > “A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.” — John Gall, Systemantics (1975)
- rglover 24d agoLove Systemantics. That was one of the first systems books I read and where I felt like I found someone practiced who understood how systems actually function (a realistic, honest view that systems always fail, it's just a question of when, why, and how).