The Secret of Maintainability

Published on March 7, 2008 (↻ July 4, 2015), filed under Web Development (RSS feed for all categories).

Keep it simple.

About Me

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a frontend engineering leader and tech author/publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead for companies like Google and as an engineering manager for companies like Miro, I’m close to W3C and WHATWG, and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development (and engineering management), but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my views and experiences.

If you’d like to do me a favor, interpret charitably (I speak three languages, and they do collide), yet be critical and give feedback for me to fix issues, learn, and improve. Thank you!

Comments (Closed)

1. On March 7, 2008, 14:40 CET, Zacky Ma said:

   This post is cool…

2. On March 7, 2008, 14:47 CET, Keegan said:

   Nothing to add. 😊

3. On March 7, 2008, 14:54 CET, Jens Nedal said:

   KISS

4. On March 7, 2008, 18:25 CET, Duluoz said:

   I don’t get it. Can you please elaborate?

5. On March 8, 2008, 12:51 CET, Jens Oliver Meiert said:

   David, the essence is trivial: The best recipe for maintainability is keeping things simple—for example, the fewer elements a site has, the fewer rules style sheets contain, the easier the site’s maintenance.

   The overall picture, however, probably suggests to remember Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” 😊

6. On March 24, 2008, 19:57 CET, Rafael Rez Oliveira said:

   Perfect!

7. On April 9, 2008, 11:20 CEST, seektan said:

   great !
   keep simple is reduce mistakes; more things with more mistakes

8. On April 23, 2008, 20:49 CEST, Jordan Clark said:

   Another good quote from Einstein:

   “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction. ”