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# Two software design methods
- URL: https://meme.aho.st/two-software-design-methods/
- Published: 2026-03-13T07:08:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-13T07:08:01.000Z
- Author: Meme Commissar
- Tags: quotes, hoare, software, #Import 2026-09-24 01:11

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There are two ways of constructing a software design:  
One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies  
and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.

\-- Sir "Tony" C.A.R. Hoare - [ACM Turing Award Lecture, 1980](https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/the%5Femperors%5Fold%5Fclothes.txt?ref=meme.aho.st)