[endtwist]

You effectively just described what "good design" is -- so effortless, it's invisible.

This isn't a new concept, but with the recent focus on design in startups, I guess it's finally coming to light outside the design community.

[jilebedev]

When I write, the majority of my time is spent in diligent focus, refining what I call the "firehose of emotions" that was my first draft.

Thus -- a connecting thought from communication theory: "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I've written a long one instead." - attributed to Blaise Pascal, Mark Twain.

Good communication is clear and simple: in conveying the message, it connects both the hearts and the brains of the author and the reader. This idea of simplicity isn't unique to hardware design, or software code, or written communication, or math ... but I don't believe that's the key takeaway. The point is that it's so difficult to understand and appreciate how much time and effort it takes, spent by talented and focused people, before the solution becomes simple and clean.