# Max Kanat-Alexander - Code Simplicity (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article1.be68295a7e40.png) ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/50588869) **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**:: [[2025-04-16]] **Created**:: [[2025-04-19]] ## Highlights - The purpose of software is to help people. ([Page 5](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/EZKMQNC2?page=14&annotation=3YIH73RY)) ^878057135 - ↩︎ ([Page 24](zotero://open-pdf/library/items/EZKMQNC2?page=33&annotation=GFEFM5RM)) ^878057136 1. Writing code that isn’t needed 2. Not making the code easy to change 3. Being too generic - 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/EZKMQNC2?page=43&annotation=F5KHYFHT)) ^878057137