> It’s the same story with product values. If you say your product is “simple” or “easy”, you’re rarely saying much. The descriptions for an incredible number

> It’s the same story with product values. If you say your product is “simple” or “easy”, you’re rarely saying much. The descriptions for an incredible number of projects on GitHub lead off with something along the lines of "$PROJECT is a simple ...". My theory is that preemptively framing one's projects as "simple" might be a subconscious defence against accusations of triviality.