Second-system effect
The second-system effect or second-system syndrome is the tendency of small,
elegant, and successful systems to be succeeded by over-engineered, bloated systems, due to inflated expectations and overconfidence.[1]
The phrase was first used by
See also
References
- ^ Raymond, Eric. "Second-system effect". The Jargon File. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- ^ This article is based on material taken from Second-system+effect at the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing prior to 1 November 2008 and incorporated under the "relicensing" terms of the GFDL, version 1.3 or later.
- ISBN 0-201-00650-2.
External links
- Spolsky, Joel (April 6, 2000). "Things You Should Never Do, Part I". Joel on Software. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- Turoff, Adam (August 21, 2007). "Notes on Haskell". Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- Gunton, Neil (July 20, 2008). "Rewrites Considered Harmful?". Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- Fowler, Chad. "The Big Rewrite". Archived from the original on December 8, 2016.
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