The document discusses the concept of minimalism as it relates to APIs and scalability. A minimalist system is designed to be as simple as possible while meeting requirements for fault tolerance and scalability. This contrasts with simple systems that tend to have hard limits on complexity and capability. The document advocates designing APIs and systems using minimalist principles to achieve scalability through redundancy, load balancing, and the ability to easily expand functionality if needed.

1. APIS AT SCALE
THROUGH MINIMALISM
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ENABLED,
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8. “PLURALITY IS
NEVER TO BE
POSITED
WITHOUT NEC
ESSITY.”WILLIAM OF OCCAM, C. 1287–1347

9. MINIMALISM CAN
BE SIMPLICITY -
BUT SIMPLICITY
IS NOT
NECESSARILY
MINIMALISM

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14. ‘SIMPLE’ SYSTEMS
TEND TO HAVE
HARD LIMITS IN
TERMS OF THE
COMPLEXITY AND
CAPABILITY THEY

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20. MINIMUM VIABLE
PRODUCT

21. MINIMUM
PRODUCT

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BUSINESS
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23. A MINIMALIST
SYSTEM IS AS
COMPLEX AS IT
NEEDS TO BE
- BUT NO MORE
SO

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