Simple Is Hard

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  1. A reminder that elegant simplicity usually takes more thought and discipline than piling on features or abstractions. In engineering slang, it is often said when a clean solution requires cutting through accumulated cleverness.

    In plain English: Making something truly simple usually takes real effort.

    Example: "They kept repeating simple is hard while trimming the API, because every extra option felt easy to add and expensive to support forever."

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