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\section[Oversimplification Kills]{Oversimplification Kills}\label{why-i-use-terminal-apps}
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\textbf{10 July 2023}
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\textbf{Category: }Software
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Oversimplification kills. It is as simple as that. Most of the time,
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there are simple solutions to a problem that work well which are not
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used because individuals feel like they need to be more simple.
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If you want to get more technical, think about the over-engineering of
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website builders. Instead of having a simple piece of software that
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generates static sites and blog posts based on
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\href{sufyaan.me/definitions/markdown}{markdown} files, we have ultra-bloated
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website builders that provide a simple way to make a website at the cost
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of extremely slow websites and unneeded JavaScript. We also have
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oversimplified user interfaces in Windows and MacOS. These
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\href{sufyaan.me/definitions/operating-system}{operating systems} have made bad
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and oversimplified interfaces a norm, which makes good interfaces such
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as ones you can customize on Linux seem too complicated or confusing
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even though it would be easier for someone with no experience in
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computing to get started with most desktop environments available.
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As
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\href{https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/obvious-technical-solutions/}{Luke
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Smith mentions in his post,} we never thought about using wheels on
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suitcases until the 1990s even though children in the Incan empire did
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have toys with wheels. This is one of the examples where trying to
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oversimplify something by making an all-in-one or a good solution delays
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progress.
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Oversimplification shifts focus away from the main problem. For example,
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with website builders, the problem shifted away from being able to make
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websites fast and easily to give the user information in a swift manner
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to just making your website pretty. With Windows and MacOS, the focus
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shifted away from making user interfaces that actually make sense for
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everyone to use to making user interfaces that are familiar.
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On the other end of the same spectrum, overcomplication also has a
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similar result. A technical example of this is software management.
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Windows and MacOS (at least how most people use MacOS) have complicated
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software management which results in difficult updates, confusing
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software usage and an overall increase in storage usage throughout the
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years. However, Linux has package managers. One command is all that is
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required to install a package and remove it. You can clear cache,
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download an older version, update both your system and applications at
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the same time and even view all installed packages.
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In the end, most things are complicated. We can try simplifying them and
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that is perfectly fine. However, trying to oversimplify a problem and
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making it a binary outcome does not work in all cases. There are many
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factors to take into consideration. Oversimplification leads to no
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problems being solved. If anything, it creates and solves arbitrary
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problems that are not important.
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