inessential by Brent Simmons

Radek on Swift Methods

Radosław Pietruszewski makes the case for brevity:

Some people say that “clarity trumps brevity.” And they’re absolutely right. Except for the fact that brevity can be a factor in clarity. Verboseness doesn’t come for free…

The trick in finding the sweet spot is to maximize the things that explain what the code does and remove as much noise as possible — the things that don’t really add information.