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Three Laws of Software Complexity (or: why software engineers are always grumpy)

Most software engineers are destined to struggle with unnecessary complexity due to three fundamental laws: the degradation of well-designed systems, the existence of complexity as a moat with leaky abstractions, and the absence of an upper limit on software complexity. These laws result in engineers primarily working on badly designed systems, facing challenges due to the unbounded nature of complexity in software.


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