Simplicity is a topic that really matters to me, and is something that always try to do when writing code or creating APIs (like the ones in the O2 Platform, FluentSharp or TeamMentor).
That post has some great references, which are well worth a read:
- Software engineering: An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gone? - by the author of the Controlling Software Projects: Management, Measurement, and Estimation book and the one that said “You can’t control what you can’t measure.” (something the author now doesn't believe is correct)
- Worse is better - ( Wikipedia quote)"Worse is better, also called the New Jersey style, was conceived by Richard P. Gabriel to describe the dynamics of software acceptance, but it has broader application. The idea is that quality does not necessarily increase with functionality. There is a point where less functionality ("worse") is a preferable option ("better") in terms of practicality and usability. Software that is limited, but simple to use, may be more appealing to the user and market than the reverse...." :
- Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software
