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view this post on Zulip Grahame Grieve (Aug 31 2021 at 13:20):

@nicola (RIO/SS) https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2021/08/31/health-care-meet-galls-law/

view this post on Zulip nicola (RIO/SS) (Aug 31 2021 at 13:45):

There is more deep thought:

Seek simplicity and distrust it. (Alfred North Whitehead)

view this post on Zulip David Pyke (Aug 31 2021 at 13:46):

Zawinski's Law of Software Envelopment: Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.

view this post on Zulip Grahame Grieve (Aug 31 2021 at 19:34):

that one's just nasty

view this post on Zulip Lloyd McKenzie (Aug 31 2021 at 19:48):

New validator function coming up...

view this post on Zulip Elliot Silver (Aug 31 2021 at 20:52):

David Pyke said:

Zawinski's Law of Software Envelopment: Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.

I thought Zawinski was responsible for

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I'll use regular expressions.”

Now they have two problems.

view this post on Zulip David Pyke (Aug 31 2021 at 20:54):

He's quite proficient in coming up with sayings.

view this post on Zulip Brian Postlethwaite (Aug 31 2021 at 22:51):

New fhirpath function, patient.telecom.first().sendMail('subject', 'please check for new appointments')

view this post on Zulip Jens Villadsen (Sep 03 2021 at 22:26):

More great laws here: https://github.com/dwmkerr/hacker-laws#parkinsons-law


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