Law 1B: Never push the edges - page 1

Most companies *ALWAYS* push the edges! Maximum performance is what gives them the edge over their competition. Intel would kill for a 2.73 GHz machine when AMD can only produce a 2.72 GHz machine. Capitalism inspires complexity.

"Nothing that is easy to do gets applause... 'If you want attention you'd better make it difficult.' And that is where we get our basic complexity." -- L. Ron Hubbard, 7 Nov 1956, from a lecture titled "Creation."

But WIZ is not about short term ROI. In the long run, it is ultimate simplicity that will win. This is Swift's Law #1: Simplicity is the overriding consideration.

So if you are evaluating an incremental change in something that would make it 10%, 20%, 50%, even 100% or 200% better, but adds complexity -- JUST DON'T DO IT.

We are looking for systemic changes, not incremental ones. Even when the incremental ones give great gains -- they lead us down the wrong path. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

"Is it in the future or not? If it's not in the future, who cares?" --- Elon Musk

Beware the engineer who says "If we just add this little bit of hardware, or if we just complicate the software just a tiny bit, we could get an xx% improvement in speed." NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

Time spent on incremental changes is time wasted that could have been spent on the main mission, to find systemic changes.