williamsharkey / iknowpi

Website to aid in PI base 10 digit memorization with sound
http://iknowpi.com
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Simplicity and Minimalism #12

Open crosshj opened 8 years ago

crosshj commented 8 years ago

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This is not so much an issue as a discussion, I hope. And I am left thinking it would be nice to have a Discussion tab next to an Issues tab. Hope yall don't mind me hijacking an issue to discuss.

William and I had a few words about this in another place. What inspired this is what the Readme used to say about guidelines for this project; I really liked reading those guidelines and I'm kind of sad they are gone. I like the notion of holding myself to simplicity and minimalism. I want to create things within those bounds because I think those notions are important to connecting.

That said, I think simplicity is created, I don't think it just happens. I think complexity and disorder in human creation happens. I think simplicity must be forced / culitvated / disciplined / thought-out (some combination or configuration of those words and others I have left out).

So what can be done to build simple things? Is having one file a simple thing? Is having a file for all main parts of your app simple?

I wonder. And I will say more about it later. But I ask, if you value this notion I have spoke about here (or something similar) what has formed your ideas? Tell me about your religion and maybe we can learn from each other and form a small sect or lint file or submission guide around this code here.