Simplicity & Complexity: The Beauty & the Beast? • Sander Hoogendoorn & Kevlin Henney

This interview was recorded at GOTO Amsterdam 2022 for GOTO Unscripted. gotopia.tech (https://gotopia.tech) Read the full transcription of this interview here (https://gotopia.tech/articles/simplicity-and-complexity-the-beauty-and-the-beast) Sander Hoogendoorn (https://twitter.com/aahoogendoorn) - CTO at iBood.com Kevlin Henney (https://mastodon.social/@kevlin) - Consultant, Programmer, Keynote Speaker, Technologist, Trainer & Writer DESCRIPTION In most cases, there is more than one way to solve a problem. Based on our evolution, however, we are tempted to solve problems by adding features, code, and complexity. There is an alternative to that, though. Kevlin Henney (https://twitter.com/kevlinhenney) and Sander Hoogendoorn (https://twitter.com/aahoogendoorn) discuss these attempts in this GOTO Unscripted episode recorded at GOTO Amsterdam (http://gotoams.nl) 2022. A good starting point is to reevaluate the way in which we do things and try to eliminate the complexity that software developers are attracted to. RECOMMENDED BOOKS Sander Hoogendoorn • This is Agile (https://amzn.to/3DkDyfr) Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know (https://amzn.to/3kiTwJJ) Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know (https://amzn.to/2Yahf9U) Henney & Monson-Haefel • 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know (https://amzn.to/3pZuHsQ) Gerald M. Weinberg • Becoming a Technical Leader (https://amzn.to/3xn87NG) Lee, Wickens, Liu & Boyle • Designing for People (https://amzn.to/313ovpi) Sam Newman • Monolith to Microservices (https://amzn.to/2Nml96E) Ronnie Mitra & Irakli Nadareishvili • Microservices: Up and Running (https://amzn.to/3c4HmmL) Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com) Twitter (https://twitter.com/GOTOcon) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/goto_con) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto-) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences) CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.tech (https://gotopia.tech) SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL (https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1) - new videos posted daily!