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On Tue, 3 Jan 2023, Dan Cross wrote:

> Something I've noticed is that lots of people try to increase
> complexity to solve problems, and it rarely occurs to them to
> eliminate complexity to solve problems. Sometimes the reasons for this
> are good; most of the time they are not.
>
>        - Dan C.

I think of the saying: "Perfection is not when there is nothing left to 
add, but when there is nothing left to remove."

-uso.