ElonMuskOnBuildingComplexity

To be fair ElonMusk is smart

(via https://twitter.com/johnrobb/status/1425794729397170176)

Good suggestions for simplifying building complex things.

• make requirements less dumb (remove unnecessary or stupid requirements)
  • requirements should come from a named person who is responsible for wanting them (compare ExtremeProgramming's "onsite expert")
• delete redundant parts of the process
• ONLY THEN simplify / optimise the things you are actually going to build.
  • Note this step comes after removing the unnecessary. "The most common error of a smart engineer is to optimise a thing that should not exist"
    • (problem is that most people in jobs, that's what we're paid for)
• accelerate cycle time. (more iterative or AgileDevelopment (done properly) )
• automate