[loudmax]

Rich Hickey's Simple Made Easy presentation is a fantastic introduction to this philosophy: https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy/

Simple isn't the same as easy, and it isn't always obvious where the complexity is. One should beware of "simple" solutions that either hide the complexity, or shove it someplace else. The skill is to identify and minimize unnecessary complexity, which is another way of phrasing "Do The Simplest Thing That Can Possibly Work".

[mattbuilds]

Thanks for this, it's great. I've never explained it as clearly as these two do, but this has always been my philosophy and what I try to aim for when developing software. I find that a lot of times people opt for easy, thinking that it's simple, but down the road they find out it is actually complex. I wonder if we will every see a real shift to focusing on simplicity and the gains that come from it?