Yep, and that's why "worse-is-better" is better. I've never read Gabriel's article in such a way that this "worse" means actually, seriously, worse quality. I

Yep, and that's why "worse-is-better" is better. I've never read Gabriel's article in such a way that this "worse" means actually, seriously, worse quality. I always thought it meant "YAGNI", "KISS", and so on. If you can't solve a problem, maybe you shouldn't try so hard? Find a better problem! I'm confident this attitude helped me a lot in the past. Speaking as a clearly-not-a-genius programmer.