Timely reminder - KISS!

Adam "voiploser" Uzelac

Alec Saunders blogged about a gentleman that he was recently speaking with who started up his own blog. Albert Lai is his name, and his first post - "Simplicity is the New Black" - is a timely reminder for me in my current 2006 planning exercises!

Albert summarizes thusly...

"As my initial post in the blogosphere, it's my hope that the running theme of simplicity within this blog will remind me of the historical lessons of simplicity that I need to be mindful of -- that our entire industry should revisit now and again."

Thanks Alec and Albert for the reminder - indeed "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." as Leonardo put it!

It's high time that I reread RFC3439 -Some Internet Architectural Guidelines and Philosophy - Specifically Section 2.2. :

2.2 Non-linearity and Network Complexity

"Complex architectures and designs have been (and continue to be)
among the most significant and challenging barriers to building
cost-effective large scale IP networks."

Adam "voiploser" Uzelac