Post #2714164
2026-04-11 18:04 UTC
@watters@hachyderm.io in the context of the quote, accidental is doing a lot of work.
I tend to see most of this kind of thing as negligent complexity... not an "oops!" but a "meh".
Someone chose to not care and now we must deal with it.
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@watters@hachyderm.io 2026-04-11 18:18
@katachora@hachyderm.io "Accidental complexity" is a term of art from this paper: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet