# Systems Design (MoC) ## Overview Notes about systems design. ## Notes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #systems_design AND !#type/quote AND !#type/creation/quote WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #systems_design AND !#type/quote AND !#type/creation/quote WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Automating processes]] - [[Building graceful degradation into your PKM system]] - [[Choose your hard]] - [[Feedback Loop]] - [[Gall's Law]] - [[It's a Tool, Not a Goal - Why Your PKM System Should Stay Simple (Article)]] - [[Kanban Methodology]] - [[Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS)]] - [[My PKM System Handbook]] - [[Personal Knowledge Management at Scale - Analyzing 8,000 Notes and 64,000 Links (Article)]] - [[PKM System Handbook Template]] - [[Successful game design elements]] - [[System trashing]] - [[Systems are optimal when they minimize energy and entropy]] - [[30 Areas/33 Permanent notes/33.02 Content/Systems thinking.md|Systems thinking]] <!-- SerializedQuery END --> ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #systems_design AND (#type/quote OR #type/creation/quote) WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> <!-- SerializedQuery: LIST FROM #systems_design AND (#type/quote OR #type/creation/quote) WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> - [[Avoid falling into the trap of focusing too much on the system, and too little on get value out of it]] - [[Build a system that is right for you]] - [[Data ownership trumps convenience when building systems for life]] - [[Don’t overthink choosing your tools, organization system and techniques. Introduce those if and when you need them. If you feel overwhelmed, then it may be that you have introduced too much complexity at once]] - [[Don’t worry about creating the perfect system]] - [[Every great system starts with thoughtful design]] - [[Good systems prevent chaos. Great systems turn chaos into opportunities]] - [[If you want to fix a broken system, you have to pull money OUT, not put more money IN. If you put more money IN, the system interprets it as a reward and uses the money to become even more broken]] - [[Managers change the people to fit the system. Leaders change the system to fit the people]] - [[The best system is one you'll actually use]] - [[The explanation of why a system does what it does is sometimes outside of the system]] <!-- SerializedQuery END -->