# You are gonna have to maintain that code

DevFeed: [You are gonna have to maintain that code](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/you-are-gonna-have-to-maintain-that-code-40007.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.saiyangrowthletter.com/p/you-are-gonna-have-to-maintain-that>)

Author: Tiger Abrodi

Published: 2024-12-22T16:38:12Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Saiyan Growth Letter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/saiyan-growth-letter.md>)

Topics: [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Requirements](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/requirements.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complexity.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that software's ease of change can cause complexity to accumulate over time. It recommends a simplicity-first approach: question requirements and constraints, seek the simplest workable solution, and compare customer value with the complexity added.

## Source excerpt

Complexity can't be avoided. But we should strive to minimize it.