#curl decomplexification continued
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/02/24/decomplexification-continued/
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@bagder Typo: "but I it is probably "
@bagder Regarding „does it matter?”: is it not absolutely necessary to be as simple as possible in order to find new maintainers or get contributions from others?
@Gerbsen I bet it helps for that, yes!
@bagder since you asked in your original post, it would be something that you could easily measure by asking your contributors, I guess
@Gerbsen I think most contributors show up now (their now) because of a need and desire for something now. They don't necessarily know or can compare code complexity now vs in the past. and I bet all contributors will say that they prefer less complex code...
So I think it's hard to ask.
@bagder nice work!
I think yeah, probably will take a few years of bug fixing and feature impl to get a feel for the difference in working with the new code base.
Have high doubts about any methodology that attempts to quantify this type of information. So much will depend on having chosen useful abstractions and APIs for current and future needs