
When Simple Is Stupid: The Underrated Art of Choosing Complexity
The Tyranny of “Keep It Simple” There’s a phrase that haunts engineering rooms worldwide, whispered like sacred scripture: “Keep it simple, stupid.” It’s on t-shirts, on conference slides, and definitely in the minds of every tech lead who’s just finished reading a blog post about minimalism. And I’m here to tell you something slightly heretical: sometimes that advice is spectacularly wrong. Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not advocating for complexity for complexity’s sake....


