[disgruntledphd2]

Agreed, but I rarely see this work out, even in the short term. It certainly seems like complexity for its own sake, and someone once told me that our system was embarrassingly simple so that's why they introduced a load of complexity. Sigh.

[mrkeen]

> someone once told me that our system was embarrassingly simple so that's why they introduced a load of complexity.

This exceeds my ability to suspend disbelief.

[djur]

You can't imagine someone saying "look at this system, it's totally basic, programming 101, clown shoes, baby's first web service, probably made by a PHP coder, not enterprise-class at all, we need to put on our big-boy pants, I read some whitepapers from thought leaders at FAANG and we need to implement..."