[zimpenfish]

> I wonder if its possible to avoid code that is meant to represent real-world business logic from being too complex.

Yes. But only for the first couple of hours until someone who {missed the meeting, forgot something, didn't check, etc.} comes along with changes.

(Alas, this happened to me over the last two weeks and now the pristine simple logic is a fudged mess.)

[fridif]

I think this is an argument for less developers on a project, or at least more services owned by less developers.