[javier2]

First of all, I dont disagree. Just wanted to add that "the simple thing" is often not the obvious thing to do, and only becomes apparent after working on it for a while. Often times, when you dive into a set of adjacent functionality, you discover that it barely even works, and does not actually do nearly all the things you thought it did.

[hammock]

Yes. The simple thing is not necessarily the obvious thing or the most immediately salient thing. First explore the problem-solution space thoroughly, THEN choose the simple thing