[beeandapenguin]

Reminds me of Gall’s Law from his book Systemantics.

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gall_(author)#Gall's_law

[ori_b]

I find that the learning and iteration tends to lead to a simplified system, if you're willing to look hard enough at the shapes needed.

When there's a lot of complexity, it's often repetitive translation layers, and not something fundamental to the problem being solved.