# Max Kanat-Alexander - Code Simplicity (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article4.6bc1851654a0.png) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/56283263) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/zotero **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Max Kanat-Alexander]] **Full Title**:: Code Simplicity **Category**:: #books #readwise/books **Category Icon**:: 📚 **Highlighted**:: [[2025-11-16]] **Created**:: [[2025-11-16]] ## Highlights - The purpose of software is to help people. ([Page 5](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/QPYWFEBV?page=14&annotation=GJUAHAB7)) ^957980901 - 1. Writing code that isn’t needed 2. Not making the code easy to change 3. Being too generic ([Page 24](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/QPYWFEBV?page=33&annotation=3VVSML29)) ^957980902 - Never “fix” anything unless it’s a problem, and you have evidence showing that the problem really exists. ([Page 34](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/QPYWFEBV?page=43&annotation=U9IB3P49)) ^957980903