Here's one: Take a complex system and make it as simple as possible but no simpler. The complexity may be essential or accidental (as introduced by previous 'fa

Here's one: Take a complex system and make it as simple as possible but no simpler. The complexity may be essential or accidental (as introduced by previous 'fast' programmers). When you need someone with this ability, you really need them because the system is falling over under its own weight.