Software developer Matheus Lima writes about how simplicity in software designs often gets trumped by over-engineered designs. He concludes from his experience that currently promotion criteria is mostly skewed towards rewarding complexity.

He goes on to propose courses of action that could change this for both engineers and engineering leaders. Simplicity needs to be made visible.

"Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity"

https://terriblesoftware.org/2026/03/03/nobody-gets-promoted-for-simplicity/

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