I frequently quote the way Joel phrased this: If you've spent more than 20 minutes of your life writing code, you've probably discovered a good rule of thumb b

I frequently quote the way Joel phrased this: If you've spent more than 20 minutes of your life writing code, you've probably discovered a good rule of thumb by now: nothing is as simple as it seems. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/NothingIsSimple.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/NothingIsSimple.html