Thursday, May 25, 2006

Atlassian Developer Blog: Simplicity and XP

Interesting blog posting

Atlassian Developer Blog: Simplicity and XP:
"Simplicity and XP"
I like simple things. Why bother making something complex if the simple thing works. This reminds me of the story, where NASA spent one billion dollars inventing a pen that would work in space while Russians simply used the pencil. Read more about The billion-dollar space pen myth.
Simplicity is one of the four values of Extreme Programming."


Indeed, I also believe that eXtrem programing has some connection with simplicity