Hlade's Law states that:
"If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person; they will find an easier way to do it."
See also: Finagle's law, Murphy's law, Second law of thermodynamics, Adages named after peopleThis article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Hlade's Law. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.
I don't know how much I buy into the whole "laziness is good" that programmers espouse. I find that lazy people will put off a task in the hopes you will forget about it rather than automate it.
ReplyDeleteYou'd be surprised how often this is true.
ReplyDeletejon: you're thinking way too small if you're relegating this to programming...