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title: "A quote on simplicity"
date: 2026-02-18
category: quote
tags: ["design"]
author: "Thomas Kokholm"
url: https://thko.pages.dev/blog/2026/a-quote-on-simplicity/
---

# A quote on simplicity

> Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

— Edsger W. Dijkstra

Worth rereading whenever a "small" abstraction starts growing options.