How Complex Systems Fail

45 points | by shortcrct an hour ago

3 comments

  • feyman_r 41 minutes 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]

      littlecranky67 17 minutes ago

      Gall'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)

  • rowyourboat 11 minutes ago

    All of this sounds just like any air crash investigation I ever read