What Would Albert Camus Think About Software Development?
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Drawing on Albert Camus's absurdist philosophy, this post argues that maintainability is the central problem of software design. It frames software development as a battle between essential complexity (the features users need) and accidental complexity (the unintended cognitive load, ripple effects, and leaky abstractions introduced by tools and paradigms). The author advocates for a design philosophy that asymptotically minimizes accidental complexity while faithfully implementing only what the problem truly requires.
