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“Over and over, people try to design systems that make tomorrow's work easy. But when tomorrow comes it turns out they didn't quite understand tomorrow's work, and they actually made it harder.”

Quote by Ward Cunningham

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Ward Cunningham

Ward Cunningham is a renowned computer programmer known for his contributions to the field of software engineering. He is most famous for inventing the concept of the wiki, a system for easy editing and sharing information, and has played a key role in the Agile Software Development movement. more

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