Seeking the lazy path

An amusing and interesting article, The Lazy Programmer, on Eli Robillard's World of Blog outlines four "forms" or "orders" of lazification. Robillard states, "Seeking the lazy path will make you a better programmer," but please note that he is talking about "long range laziness," not the kind that finds us sleeping at our cubes. The basic principle is one sometimes called "parsimony," and is responsible for most of natural design, including that of such architectural wonders as soap bubbles and seashells. Robillard's short weblog entry makes for thought-provoking reading.