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Gall's Law
John Gall · 1975
"Gall's law states that a complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked — so starting with a complex spec and hoping it works on day one is the most common path to expensive failure."
John Gall opened Systemantics with a one-liner engineers quote weekly: a complex system that works always evolved from a simple system that worked.
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